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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Louis Gallait
1810–1887 · Belgian
- Born
- 1810 · Tournai
- Died
- 1887 · Schaerbeek
6 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Louis Gallait was a Belgian painter who lay at the basis of a revival of history painting in Belgium. He earned his reputation with the large painting of Charles V's abdication and was also a distinguished portrait painter.
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Louis Gallait (9 or 10 May 1810 – 20 November 1887) was a Belgian painter. He lay at the basis of a revival of history painting in Belgium. He earned his reputation especially with the large painting of Charles V's abdication. Gallait's works were esteemed because of their realism, faithfulness of the costumes and color composition of his paintings. He was also a distinguished portrait painter.
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Featured works
Selected registered works by Louis Gallait
Selected from 6 works by Louis Gallait in the Collect24 Registry.
Louis Gallait
The Unfortunate Mother, 1843
oil on canvas
124 × 74 cm
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
C24-144701
Louis Gallait
Last Tribute to the Counts of Egmont and of Horn, 19th century
oil on canvas
69 × 98.5 cm
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
C24-144165
Louis Gallait
De Avond (le soir), 1849
Amsterdam Museum
C24-457392
Louis Gallait
Self-Portrait, 1843
Black conte crayon, colored chalks, and pastel on ivory wove paper laid down on cream wove card
16.8 × 11.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago
C24-1101701
Louis Gallait
Fisherman's Family, 1848
oil paint
40 × 31.5 cm
Hermitage Museum
C24-413367
Louis Gallait
Verlaten (l'abandon), 1849
53.8 cm
Amsterdam Museum
C24-457400
Museums and collections
Where works by Louis Gallait are registered
- Amsterdam Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2 works
- Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
2 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
1 work
- Hermitage Museum
Russia
1 work
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