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Materials for a Leisure Hour
Shortly before painting Materials for a Leisure Hour, William Harnett had learnt to master the complex, painstaking trompe l’oeil technique, which he would regularly use thereafter. This technique gained significant popularity in America in the late nineteenth century as a result of fin de siècle moral concerns, which revolved around the fleetingness of life and questioned material wealth. Drawing…
Creator
- Harnett, William Michael
Publisher
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Subject
- Art
- Art
Type of item
- Painting
- Art of painting
Date
- 1879
- 1879
- 1879
Creator
- Harnett, William Michael
Publisher
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Subject
- Art
- Art
Type of item
- Painting
- Art of painting
Date
- 1879
- 1879
- 1879
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Rights
- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Creation date
- 1879
- 1879
- 1879
Current location
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Identifier
- MTB-AW-1979.69
- 1979.69
Extent
- 38 x 51.5 cm
Format
- canvas
- Canvas
Language
- eng
- en
Year
- 1879
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-09-05T12:16:26.097Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-03-22T16:27:22.614Z