1810
oil
canvas
From the collection of Clark Art Institute
Second Scene of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested is a 1810 oil by Louis-Léopold Boilly, held at Clark Art Institute.
This painting depicts a chaotic scene of a group of men, some armed with weapons, surrounding a woman and a child on a couch. The men appear to be in the midst of an altercation, with one man holding a sword and another grasping a club. The woman, dressed in a white dress, is shielding the child from the commotion. In the background, a window and a door are visible, adding to the sense of tension and urgency. The overall atmosphere of the painting is one of turmoil and conflict. For more information on the artist's use of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume and depth, look up Louis-Léopold Boilly.
Louis-Léopold Boilly was a French painter and draftsman. A creator of popular portrait paintings, he also produced a vast number of genre paintings documenting French middle-class social life. His life and work spanned…
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