Light Meal
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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 58 x 50 cm h x w x d: Ram 69 x 62 x 6 cm
Inventory numberNM 498
Other titlesTitle (sv): Lätt måltid Title (en): Light Meal
DescriptionCatalogue raisonné: Description in Flemish paintings C. 1600-C. 1800 III, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2010, cat.no. 114: Technical notes: The support consists of a single piece of plain-weave fabric similar to no. 115. The two canvases have probably been cut from the same bolt. The painting has been marouflaged to a piece of hardboard and all the edges trimmed along the four sides of the stretcher. Only fragments of the tacking edges have been preserved. The pale brownish ground has been applied evenly and thinly and covers the entire texture of the canvas. The paint surface is simply composed of opaque layers. Between the figures in the foreground and background there are areas in which the ground is visible. There are a few areas with highlights in impasto in white. The fabric of the canvas, the pale brownish ground as well as the palette and brushwork are identical to no. 115. The painting underwent conservation treatment in 1935. Provenance: Tessin−Fredrik I−Lovisa Ulrika 1749; Lovisa Ulrika 1760, Drh. no. 226; KM 1804, no. 184; KM 1816, no. 265; KM 1865, no. 265. Bibliography: Sander I, p. 97, no. 226; Göthe 1887, p. 133; Göthe 1893, p. 166; Granberg 1930, p. 164; NM Cat. 1958, p. 106; NM Cat. 1990, p. 191. This painting, which has a companion piece in no. 115, once belonged to Lovisa Ulrika’s art collection. Compared with the genre paintings by Lambrechts with provenance to Johan Gabriel Stenbock as early as 1705 (nos. 112 and 113), the figures in both of these paintings are not as large in scale and are depicted further into the image. In this work three other individuals are visible with their backs to us. The subjects are depicted in an interior. Similar motifs by Lambrechts can be found in the collections of the Brunswick museum of art and in 1902 in the collection in Widerhofer. The existence of different versions of Lambrechts’ motif, with minor variations of detail, testify to their popularity with his contemporaries. The circulation of his works in various versions1 may possibly be linked with his activities as an artdealer. In terms of painting technique the structure of the work is similar to its companion piece, no. 115. KS 1 Collation en plein air devant une auberge, P1104 and Collation en plein air devant une maison, P1103, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille. [End]
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