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The Quarrel
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In a Flemish village interior an elderly couple is seated back-to-back, scowling. A pert maidservant, obviously amused by their recent spat, is about to pour them some wine. An overturned chair and broken pots and pans are evidence to the feud that has transpired. In the foreground, the couple's dog laps milk spilled on the floor.
This picture is characteristic of the stage-like interior scenes painted by de Braekeleer in the 1840s and 1850s. The elderly protagonists are identical to the figures that appear in many of his works such as "The Count of Mid-Lent in the Children's School," (1839) Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels, inv. 1186, and "The See-Saw," (1852), (illustrated in "Art News," Feb. 15-28, 1945, p. 37).
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mrs. Margaret McCauley Turk [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1959, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 1980 | Salute to Belgium. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 3/27/1962 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
Geographies
Netherlands, Antwerp (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 14 1/8 x W: 11 13/16 in. (35.8 x 30 cm); Framed H: 20 x W: 17 1/2 x D: 2 1/4 in. (50.8 x 44.5 x 5.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Margaret McCauley Turk, 1959
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.2372
