The Gleaner by Joseph Désiré Court - A Beautiful Gatherer

The Gleaner

The Gleaner c1841 by French Painter Joseph Désiré Court (1797 – 1865); a painter of historical subject matter and portraits.

This is a portrait of a beautiful young lady doing the job of a gleaner, which means that after the harvest is collected, her job is to collect the grains and produce that were left behind, so that nothing is left on the ground to spoil.

The Gleaner by Joseph Désiré Court by Vinzenz Fischer Remastered Xzendor7 Classical Art Old Masters Reproductions Floor Pillow — The Gleaner by Joseph Désiré Court Remastered Xzendor7 Classical Art Old Masters Reproductions Floor Pillow

The young lady is in a seated position, and she is dressed in typical peasant girl attire of the time, carrying a large foldable cloth basket that is tied to her waist and filled with wheat, wild flowers and grasses.

Wrapped around her left arm is a bundle of what looks like ripe deep red cherries; and she is standing by a very large tree that seems to be within a forest settings; with plants that a situated to her right in the background.

The young lady is wearing on top of her beautiful raven hair, a white maids cap with ruffle trimming along the top edge that leads off to ruffled chin straps on the sides; a wooden cross that is connected with a string necklace over her chest; a white off shoulder blouse and a white shawl with red stripes in a hash pattern that is wrapped around her left arm and around her back; a red corset that ties at the front; and a sky blue ankle length skirt.

This is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as an acrylic, metal, rolled, framed, print ng canvas online na.

Sa Ibaba ng Impormasyon Kagandahang loob The Matthiesen Gallery

It is thought that the portrait, na tinutukoy sa 1838 Salon catalogue bilang Larawan ni Miss W, maaaring marahil ay sa anak na babae ng pinagkakatiwalaang valet ni Louis-Philippe, George White. May isang 'Mademoiselle White' sa serbisyo sa panahon ng 1830s bilang chambermaid sa Adélaïde d'Orléans, Louis Philippe's sister at hindi sana bihira na ang anak ng isang pinagkakatiwalaang alipin ay makakuha ng trabaho sa sambahayan ng isa pang miyembro ng maharlikang pamilya.

Si George White mismo ay orihinal na nagtrabaho sa kapatid ng hari, ang duc de Montpensier, at kasunod ng kanyang kamatayan sa 1807 ay kinuha sa pamamagitan ng Louis-Philippe. George While ay pinaniniwalaang pumasok sa serbisyo ng royal family sa panahon ng kanilang unang pagpapatapon sa England, mula sa 1800-1815, at rosas upang maging pinakamalapit sa mga personal na lingkod. George ay may mga kuwarto sa parehong kastilyo ng Randan at ang Trianon sa Versailles at ay ipinagkaloob ng isang allowance ng 3000 francs sa panahon ng ikalawang pagpapatapon ni Louis Philippe, 1848-1850.

Nabatid din na si George ay may mata para sa sining, pagbili ng mga gawa sa ngalan ng Louis-Philippe sa isang bilang ng mga okasyon. Although this portrait may seem grand for a servant, ito marahil ay nagpapakita ng parehong pagpapahalaga sa kung saan ang pamilya ay gaganapin sa loob ng Royal Household at din ang mga koneksyon ni George sa loob ng artistikong fraternity. Kung personal ba siyang nakilala sa Court ay hindi kami sigurado, gayunpaman Court ni pinalawig na aktibidad sa Versailles sa panahon ng monarkiya Hulyo ay dapat na nagdala sa kanila sa isang kakilala sa bawat isa.