I've been searching for ages to find out who painted this piece and was wondering if anyone here could help me figure it out.
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I've been searching for ages to find out who painted this piece and was wondering if anyone here could help me figure it out.
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I have no idea. She's certainly up to no good.
Yeah, that's what I thought when I saw the bloody knife in her hand and part of an infant face down in a basin on the right.
Not sure if that is another hapless baby in her lap.
The painting appears here - http://soria-goig.com/historia/pedro...plandor_14.htm - which I think is about witches but I can't see details ... think it's just illustrating
That basin is a cooking pot :eek:
I did try google, but ended up on a site describing medieval torture.. ..nasty (to put it mildly).
That link leads to a page that Chrome translates and I think it's to do with the Inquisition
Thank you all for the help so far, I still can't find anything except that a band named deadbodieseverywhere has used it as their cover art. From my limited knowledge of art I would have to guess that it the virgin Mary based on the colours she's wearing and the baby who would be Jesus.
I would have to guess that it the virgin Mary based on the colours she's wearing and the baby who would be Jesus.
Definitely not - she's a witch cutting up babies and cooking them.
Ripp3r I was wondering if this is the complete painting because I see a knee on the left side that isn't on the one in the link zaphodeist posted. I find that very odd.
Here are the two side by side.
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At first look I thought Hogarth ... you know, one of those "look this is where drink gets you" prints. It seems to be a detail from a larger piece.
Cover art on this book : Criminal Belgium: Law, Justice and Society (XIVth - XVIth century)
La Belgique criminelle : Droit, justice et société ( XIVème - XVIème siècle )
http://www.amazon.fr/Belgique-crimin.../dp/2872097813
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Originally Posted by wizard509
That's the thumb of the person holding the picture as they photographed it :)
This was by a Belgian artist called Antoine Wiertz - "Hunger, Madness, Crime" - 1864 (using the book Steve found as a search reference). Good job on finding it guys, I think it's a pretty obscure painting ...
... pretty grim aswell.
Regards
Su
Nice one Su! :)
OK thanks Steve. Silly me, I could have sworn it was a bear knee of someone setting at the table. However in light of your comment I can plainly see it is a thumb.Quote:
Originally Posted by sledger
Ar I just solved this and then spotted "Page 1 of 2" as I was checking over my post! Well, for future reference the key to getting started with the book and the ISBN is TinEye.
Yep, been using TinEye for several years for this exact purpose ;)
have no idea about it,someone may help you.
sorry but I didn't know who painted that.
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have no idea about it,someone may help you.
Then why post when someone has already successfully answered the question?Quote:
sorry but I didn't know who painted that.