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The Poultryman
The Poultryman is an unspecified painting by the Biedermeier artist Ignace Brice. It dates from 1827 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. The work depicts a quiet street corner where a man in a brown coat offers a white pigeon to a young woman carrying a basket of vegetables.
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History & Provenance
The painting known as The Poultryman (also titled La Cuisinière et le marchand de volailles) was completed by Ignace Brice in 1827.
The Poultryman was painted by Ignace Brice in 1827 and exhibited at the Brussels Salon the same year. The work is dated to 1827 in the artist’s oeuvre and is listed among his submissions to the Brussels Salon for that year. It is currently held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
The painting known as The Poultryman (also titled La Cuisinière et le marchand de volailles) was completed by Ignace Brice in 1827. That same year, the work was exhibited at the Brussels Salon. The artwork is currently held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Context
The Poultryman (1827) was exhibited at the Brussels Salon and is now held by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Ignace Brice, a neoclassical genre and portrait painter active in Brussels, was influenced by Jacques-Louis David and the Port-Royal tradition, and taught at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts where he succeeded his father. His work reflects a sober, classical style typical of early 19th-century Belgian art, situating The Poultryman within his broader output of domestic scenes and portraiture. The painting exemplifies his genre scenes that combine meticulous draftsmanship with a restrained aesthetic, contributing to the development of Belgian realism in the period.
Scholarly attention to Brice's work has emphasized his role in bridging French neoclassicism and emerging Belgian artistic identity, though specific critical reception of The Poultryman itself remains sparse in available sources.
The painting's provenance and exhibition history at the 1827 Salon underscore its contemporary significance within Brice's career trajectory and the broader European artistic milieu.
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Ignace Brice (2 April 1795–10 August 1866) was a neoclassical painter of genre, portraits and religious scenes from Brussels.
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