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Rembrandt Peale: The Court of Death  wikidata:Q64565913 reasonator:Q64565913
Artist
Rembrandt Peale  (1778–1860)  wikidata:Q375926 s:en:Author:Rembrandt Peale
 
Rembrandt Peale
Alternative names
Peale
Description American painter, curator, printmaker and writer
Date of birth/death 22 February 1778 Edit this at Wikidata 3 October 1860 / 4 October 1860 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Pennsylvania Philadelphia
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artist QS:P170,Q375926
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Title
The Court of Death Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Len,"The Court of Death"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: The Court of Death was based on a poem from 1772, Death: A Poetical Essay, by Anglican Bishop Beilby Porteus. The figures in the monumental painting were life-size. Death is surrounded by personifications including Despair, Fever, Consumption, Hypochondria, Apoplexy, Gout, Dropsy, Suicide, Delirium Tremens, Intemperance, Remorse, Pleasure, Pestilence, Famine, War, and Conflagration. To the right, a warrior, an orphaned infant, and a widow show some of the people afflicted. In the foreground, Old Age is supported by Faith.
Date 1820
date QS:P571,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
institution QS:P195,Q1201549
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References DIA ID: court-death-56658 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer Detroit Institute of Arts: http://www.dia.org/object-info/cc7c2b25-e044-4188-b6a1-b77a1c648099.aspx
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