- Title:
- Girl with Lovebirds
- Object name(s):
- oil
- Brief description:
- Everyday life subject. This painting uses a time-honoured code to express an idea about the emergence of female sexuality. The young subject, who seems to be around twelve to fourteen years old, is holding one lovebird, and watching it interact with another, an amused look on her face. The birds, separated by a short distance, coo at eachother, clearly longing to be together again. While this play between the birds appears to be a facinating lesson about love and longing for the young girl, the artist drops further clues about her developing interest in such matters. Most obvious is the rose bud pinned to her clothes.
- Collection:
- Mercer Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- painting
- Credit line:
- This collection is part of North Yorkshire Council Museums.
- Current reproduction location:
- Modes\Art\48.jpg
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension value:
- 90 cm
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension value:
- 71.3 cm
- Inscription content:
- signed : L.C. : H. Schlesinger 1876 : :
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object component name:
- material
- Object component name:
- support
- Object name:
- oil
- Object number:
- HARAG : 48
- Object production note:
- Schlesinger was born in Frankfurt, and studied at the Viennese Academy. He exhibited at the Salon between 1840 and 1889. A member of the Socite des Artistes Francais, he achieved a high level of recognition in his own time.
- Object production person:
- Schlesinger, Henri Guillaume
- Use begin date:
- 17.5.2006
- Use end date:
- 27.2.2007
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ce4d158c-5dc3-39fa-83f3-ccca6e0e4d61
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ce4d158c-5dc3-39fa-83f3-ccca6e0e4d61, Mercer Art Gallery, CC BY
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