Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
22-3/4 x 35-1/4 in. (panel) approximately 35 x 43 x 4-1/2 in. (framed)
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge
Copyright
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture Before 1800
Color Palette
Provenance
Marcell Nemes (Marczell von Nemes) [1866-1930], Budapest. {1} Mrs. Marshall Field, Washington, DC; Mrs. Albert Beveridge, Indianapolis; Given by Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge to the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1938 (38.8). ------- {1} See Dwight Miller, Catalogue of European Paintings, Indianapolis, 1970, p. 77.
Gallery Labels
This painting once formed part of a series depicting the Five Senses, a traditional subject that the artist has transformed by adapting it to the fashion for banquet scenes. A woman in fancy dress, the personification of Taste, prepares to eat an oyster, while her companions raise a glass of wine.
Taste's table is laden with prepared food, while the foreground is filled with provisions such as game birds, deer, fish, crustaceans, artichokes, melons and grapes. The painting of Adam and Eve on the back wall signals a moralizing intent.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Chengdu Museum
September 28, 2020 - January 4, 2021
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Chengdu Museum
September 29, 2020 - January 4, 2021
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Hunan Provincial Museum
May 29, 2020 - September 13, 2020
Hunan Provincial Museum
May 29, 2020 - September 13, 2020
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Guandong Museum
January 10, 2020 - May 17, 2020
Guandong Museum
January 10, 2020 - May 17, 2020
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 14, 2011 - April 15, 2012
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