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99 VOLKER MANUTH A Note on Carel Fabritius's Sentry in Schwerin The purpose of this article is to address two questions connected with Fabritius's painting of the so-called Sentry in Schwerin which is signed and dated 1654 (fig. 1).1 The first is related to the provenance of the painting, the second to whether or not the depiction of the city gate is a product of the artist's imagination or whether it includes a reference to a specific topographical situation. In other words: does the relief above the archway showing St Antony Abbot with his pig refer to the Saint as a model of diligence and a kind of moral counterpart to the sentry, as has been suggested?' Or, is it possible that it is simply used to identify the name of the gate as one of the very few Sint Antoniuspoorten still existing in the United Provinces during Fabritius's lifetime? It should be emphasized that this article does not intend to provide a new interpretation of the Schwerin painting. The following observations are simply meant to add information to the current state of research into what Christopher Brown has called "the most mystifying of all Fabritius's paintings':3 The
Oud Holland - Quarterly for Dutch Art History – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2006
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