The Goldfinch (1654)
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The Goldfinch (1654) is a small, trompe-l’oeil painting of a chained bird that is celebrated as a masterpiece of Dutch Golden Age art for its striking realism and emotional subtlety.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Dutch Golden Age artwork
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painting → trompe-l’oeil painting → |
| artHistoricalPeriod |
Baroque
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| artworkStyle |
realism
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| artworkType |
small-scale panel painting
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| associatedWith |
Carel Fabritius’s late style
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illusion of three-dimensionality → minimalist composition → |
| collection |
Mauritshuis
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| countryOfOrigin |
Dutch Republic
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| creator |
Carel Fabritius
NERFINISHED
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| creatorNationality |
Dutch
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| depicts |
chained bird
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goldfinch → |
| describedAs |
masterpiece of Dutch Golden Age art
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| genre |
trompe-l’oeil
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| hasColorPalette |
earthy browns
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golden yellow → light background → muted tones → |
| hasPart |
chain
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perch → shadow of the bird → |
| height |
approximately 33.5 cm
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| inception |
1654
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| influenced |
modern appreciation of trompe-l’oeil painting
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| locatedInCountry |
Netherlands
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| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
South Holland
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The Hague → |
| location |
Mauritshuis, The Hague
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| materialUsed |
oil paint
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| movement |
Dutch Golden Age
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| notableFor |
emotional subtlety
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illusionistic effect → striking realism → |
| significantEvent |
survived the 1654 Delft gunpowder explosion
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| subjectOf |
art historical studies
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museum exhibitions → popular cultural references → |
| surface |
panel
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| title |
The Goldfinch
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| width |
approximately 22.8 cm
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Carel Fabritius
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notableWork |