The dream of Saint Joseph (Q21680656)

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genre: religious art (Q2864737)
artist: Gerard Seghers (Q951884)
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880) Vlaamse Kunstcollectie (VKC) (Q2542010)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: S-73
BALaT object ID: 9046

catalog URL: http://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-73

information from the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) catalog

description: Gerard Seghers was one of the most successful masters of the baroque school of painting in Antwerp. Caravaggio was his first great example. In The Dream of St Joseph we can still see this influence, for example in the figure of Joseph and the realistically painted still life with candle and book in…

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