The Goldfinch
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The Goldfinch is a famous 1654 trompe-l'œil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius, depicting a life-sized goldfinch chained to its perch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Goldfinch canonical | 10 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
ⓘ
trompe-l'œil painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | Baroque ⓘ |
| artist | Carel Fabritius ⓘ |
| artworkStyle | realism ⓘ |
| catalogCode |
Mauritshuis
ⓘ
surface form:
Mauritshuis 605
|
| city | The Hague ⓘ |
| collection | Mauritshuis collection ⓘ |
| condition | well-preserved ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator | Carel Fabritius ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1654 ⓘ |
| depictionForm | life-size representation ⓘ |
| depicts |
bird chained to a perch
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goldfinch ⓘ |
| genre | still life painting ⓘ |
| hasBackground | plain wall ⓘ |
| hasChainDepicted | yes ⓘ |
| hasColorPalette |
earth colors
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muted tones ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
celebrated example of trompe-l'œil in European art
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iconic work of Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| hasPerchDepicted | yes ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | illusion of three-dimensionality ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
animal painting
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domesticated bird ⓘ |
| hasType | illusionistic painting ⓘ |
| height | 33.5 cm ⓘ |
| inception | 1654 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dutch still life tradition
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Rembrandt van Rijn ⓘ
surface form:
Rembrandt
|
| location | Mauritshuis ⓘ |
| material | oil on panel ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a life-sized goldfinch
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realistic trompe-l'œil effect ⓘ subtle use of light and shadow ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Het puttertje ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch Golden Age art ⓘ |
| support | panel ⓘ |
| surface | wooden panel ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| width | 22.8 cm ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1654 ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Donna Tartt