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Thomas Couture: The Thorny Path  wikidata:Q12901025 reasonator:Q12901025
Artist
Thomas Couture  (1815–1879)  wikidata:Q326434
 
Thomas Couture
Alternative names
Monogrammist TC
Description French painter, drawer, writer and teacher
Date of birth/death 21 December 1815 Edit this at Wikidata 29 March 1879 or 30 March 1879
Location of birth/death Senlis Villiers-le-Bel
Work period between circa 1830 and circa 1879
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1879-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Paris (1830-1860), Villiers-le-Bel (between circa 1860 and circa 1870
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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artist QS:P170,Q326434
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Title
English: The Thorny Path.
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The painting is a satire of decadent French society, and depicts a bare-breasted courtesan driving a carriage pulled by (from left to right) a naked elderly man representing over-indulgence; a troubadour representing youthful love; a young student who is writing, representing the educated nobility insensible to daily life's realities, and an old soldier filled with regret. The old woman sitting at the back of the carriage may symbolize the courtesan's future, while the thorny plants along the road indicate the difficulty of their journey. (See the reference below.)
Date 1873
date QS:P571,+1873-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions height: 51.5 in (130.8 cm); width: 75 in (190.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,51.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,75U218593
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institution QS:P195,Q510324
Current location

Gallery 151, European Art 1850–1900.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Accession number
EW1986-10-1.
Object history
  • 1986: Acquired using the W.P. Wilstach Fund, George W. Elkins Fund and Edith H. Bell Fund.
Inscriptions Artist's initials appear on the stone bust, centre background.
References [1].
Source/Photographer [2].
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