Artwork
Visiting Grandfather
Visiting Grandfather is a photography by the Impressionist artist Unknown. It dates from 1853 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Overview
Visiting Grandfather is an 1853 image by an unknown artist, currently held at the Museum of Ethnography.
Subject & Meaning
The image depicts a scene in a traditional home, where a man stands by a fireplace, holding an object, while three figures gather around a table. The open door reveals a bright sky and distant hills, suggesting a connection between indoors and outdoors.
Technique & Style
The artist employs chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark, to draw attention to the man's face, which is warmly lit against the shadowy surroundings.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
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The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Reservesoldatens afsked med sin familie
En fattig kone der venter på et krus øl i en bondestue
I en kobbersmeds værksted
Kreeta Haapasalo Playing the Kantele in a Peasant Cottage
Hunter's Dwelling
En fattig kone der venter på et krus øl i en bondestue
Lashes coming
At a Coppersmith’s Workshop
The Shoeing-Smith
The Return
The Village Carpenter Bringing a Coffin for a Dead Child
Visiting Grandfather