Das Bittenlernen (Familie Reiter)

Das Bittenlernen (Familie Reiter)

Johann Baptist Reiter

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Details

Date
1850
Holding institution
Belvedere, Vienna
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna

Art Genome Taxonomy

10 tags

Subject Matter

  • Family Both · 98%

    The title identifies the subject as the Reiter family, and the image visibly presents a closely gathered family group with a child and three adults.

  • Childhood Visual · 99%

    A young child is prominently shown in the foreground, seated in a pale garment with youthful facial features and proportions.

  • Group Portrait Both · 84%

    The title identifies a family group, and the composition presents the four figures together in a portrait-like arrangement.

  • Interiors Visual · 92%

    The figures are shown within an enclosed, furnished setting, with dark interior space and a wooden furnishing visible at the right.

Visual Qualities

  • Earth Tones Visual · 96%

    Ochre, brown, russet, cream, and deep green dominate the image, with subdued rather than vivid overall color.

  • Dense Composition Visual · 97%

    The overlapping bodies and tightly clustered heads and arms occupy most of the picture surface, leaving limited open space.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Metadata · 100%

    The catalog classifies the work as a Painting.

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 100%

    The supplied medium is canvas with oil paint.

  • Chiaroscuro Visual · 90%

    Brightly modeled faces, hands, pale clothing, and apples emerge from strongly shadowed clothing and background areas.

Time Periods

Source & rights

Johann Baptist Reiter. https://digital.belvedere.at/objects/2151/das-bittenlernen-familie-reiter

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