The Young student
Oil Painting
ca. 1840-1850 (painted)
ca. 1840-1850 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Pierre Lacaze (1816-1884) was born in Freiburg. He became a pupil of Ary Scheffer in Paris between 1840 and 1845 but mainly produced landscape and genre paintings.
This painting is a fine example of the little known oeuvre of Pierre Lacaze, a genre and landscape painter. This work can be interpreted as a stock character portrait: it shows a young pupil doing his homework with some manifest reluctance. This type of naïve pictures was quite popular during the 19th century and close to the Biedermeier imagery.
This painting is a fine example of the little known oeuvre of Pierre Lacaze, a genre and landscape painter. This work can be interpreted as a stock character portrait: it shows a young pupil doing his homework with some manifest reluctance. This type of naïve pictures was quite popular during the 19th century and close to the Biedermeier imagery.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Young student |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on millboard |
| Brief description | Oil Painting, 'The Young Student', Pierre Lacaze, Swiss school, ca. 1840 - 1850 |
| Physical description | A young boy seated at a school desk with an open notebook in front of him and folded sheets of paper; his hat is on the desk, a ball under his chair and a hoop on the floor. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Lacaze (signed lower right) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend |
| Object history | Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend, listed in the 1868 post-mortem register of the contents of his villa in Lausanne (V&A R/F MA/1/T1181) as 'Oil on millboard. An offer of marriage (Savoy). By Adrian Kunkler. In frame. Signed. Swiss. Dated 1855'; bequeathed by Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend, 1868. Historical significance: This painting was bequeathed by the Rev. Townshend who owned a large collection of 19th-century landscape and genre paintings. It is not unlikely that Townshend, who resided part of the year in Lausanne, acquired this painting directly from the artist. The museum of Freiburg owns several of his works. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Pierre Lacaze (1816-1884) was born in Freiburg. He became a pupil of Ary Scheffer in Paris between 1840 and 1845 but mainly produced landscape and genre paintings. This painting is a fine example of the little known oeuvre of Pierre Lacaze, a genre and landscape painter. This work can be interpreted as a stock character portrait: it shows a young pupil doing his homework with some manifest reluctance. This type of naïve pictures was quite popular during the 19th century and close to the Biedermeier imagery. |
| Bibliographic reference | Kauffmann, C.M. Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, II. 1800-1900 , London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973, pp. 59-60, cat. no. 130. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1615-1869 |
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| Record created | July 6, 2006 |
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