William MulreadyRegno Unito, 1786–1863A Sailing Match
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SalaPaintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies GalleriesLondra, Regno Unito
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- Verificato
- 9 giorni fa
- Ultimo cambio di stato
- 25 set 2026
- Fonte
- I dati di collezione del museo stesso
About the painting
This painting is a classic example of Mulready's interest in contrasting the value of formal education wtih the process of learning through play. A wealthy boy on his way to school - indeed, Mulready subtitled the picture 'creeping like a snail unwillingly to school' (Shakespeare, As You Like It) - wistfully gazes at a group of poor children who attempt to blow their toy boat along with a roughly improvised roll of paper as he is led away from temptation by his mother or nurse. Such pictorial analogies have their root in the moralising genre scenes of 17th-century Dutch painting.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- FA.147[O]
What it shows
In catalogo
Fonti
- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · acquisita 9 giorni fa
- Immagine: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
