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This painting has affected me so much, idk why. Perhaps because I have a little boy idk. I love it so much. I think you did a very good job explaining the different ways to feel about the parents. You did awesome on this, very nice and made me see things I didn’t before.

The cards on the ground also show 9 of wands (clubs) for a head injury and horrible burden. It also shows page of wands and ace of wands, that represents the boy. It also means it was their only child. The other clue that I can see is the 5 of cups (hearts) for grief. I think she predicted it but they didn't have a choice, so he still had to participate in the show.

This is really great! I'll add from my perspective, on a more human level, I see the servants as just angry at the man as a husband and father. They see him as someone who put his family at risk and left them behind because of his own ambitions. They have their own connections to the wife and kids but enough distance to see and feel that he did them wrong. They have a disdain for him that comes from their own connection to the family. Like seeing your friend get back together with a bad ex.

Loved this video and learning more about this painting. Just a quick note about the cards: Ace of spades translates to the ace of swords in a standard tarot deck. The Death card is known as a major arcana card, and a standard playing deck doesn’t have enough cards to include it- however some people paint over jokers from multiple decks to use for divination. However, ace of swords and the death card do have similar meanings, and although not always negative, do indicate the end of something, and therefore new beginnings.

"Lastige" means the same in Dutch. Someone who is not easy to be with.

The father looks utterly helpless to me.😢

I kind have a gripe with blaming the mother. Considering this was the 1800's, treatment for head trauma was limited at best. If the injury was severe enough, that kid would have been a goner anyway. No ambulance to call, no xray or immediate healthcare to speak of, the best the mother could do was comfort the poor child in its last moments. Also being the 1800's, being a travelling circus performer was usually a family affair. Having the kid perform probably bought in more money, however meager it was. No safety regulations back then. An accident was bound to happen, but the show had to go on. We bitch a lot about how capitalism sucks now(it does suck), but it was really rough back in the day, especially if your livelihood depended on life-threatening acts performed on a regular basis. I don't blame the parents, so much as that was the way it was.

I would love to see all the practice before this painting

Thank you for making such a detailed video on Hunt's Isabella and the Pot of Basil video. I had come across this painting and the TLDR version of the story. And it inspired me to write a mini-story after ages. But the full story is even more twisted and fascinating!! Keep up the good work ❤

The parents pimping out their daughter to a rich man old enough to be her grandfather.

It's not the parent's fault, it screams of the injustice of poverty that leaves them no option but to use their child this way. And a doctor? They have no money for a doctor, and if the child is dying anyway, what good would it do to be in debt for a dead son?

❤❤❤loved this👌

Yes, they did the right thing. We must remember the time this was. Head injuries were hit and miss at best. If the wound hadn't bled like that, a trefination could have been done to relieve pressure but, there's too much blood. It's over. Being held by those who love you while you die is better than dying while being poked and prodded, with little to no pain relief and no guarantee of any success. Besides, the area and the time in which this was painted makes it extremely clear that the possibility of them getting medical treatment in a timely manner was not going to happen. Street performers were seen as little more than social outcasts or, curious stray dogs. Being able to find a physician that was willing to treat such a terrible wound on the spot would have been another impossibility.

Incredible as always! I watch every one of your videos! We need more people like you creating great things.

I know it´s a small detail, but the light-source doesn't come from the floor/lower down. It comes like you said, from the left. But it comes from the upper left, not lower. Besides that, I like the analysis you did, I knew Doré but from his illustrations, I had never checked his paintings and this one is great. Thanks for sharing!

The child was sacrificed for the pleasure of the crowds, and for his parents’ welfare.

Liked, subscribed and commented. Good video!

No need to apologise for the pronunciation of the artist's name, you said it pretty perfectly (though you spelt it incorrectly, it should be 'Doré') :) Great analysis of this peculiarly appealing picture.

Is there a particular reason for the clown or for me he looks more like a court jester in either tomato red or a black grey? He reminds me of a demon particularly with that hat which has points like horns. It seems to be more than an accidental guilt for the childs state.

I especially liked this video because it wasn't about a painting I had already seen analyzed before.

The German word lästig (pronounced like „less-tig“) comes from the noun Last (pronounced like the english lust) which means a physical load or a burden. So in my opinion you got it right with burdensome. Annoying would be a fine translation of the word lästig too though.

The final one feels like a snapshot of a grounded event, like one of those heartbreaking photos that win awards. The adults's expressions are muted but speak volumes. The child's expression is twisted in pain. The earlier one has everyone's expressions twisted in pain, and that feels less impactful as adults beaten down by hard lives with a child's expression of fresh truth. Also, the final feels all the more tragic because you are aware that this is 'just another day'. There are people practicing their acts. You can hear the murmer of the workers and smell the dust in the air. This day probably started normal, with breakfast and getting changed into your costumes and laughing with your friends. But now this isn't a normal day. this is the worst day these people will ever experience, and they know it. Nothing will ever be normal again.

The first seems more like a fantasy. It's a powerful painting but the figures look glamorous especially the mother with her crown and blue gown. The virgin mother is depicted with a golden halo and dressed in blue in many paintings. Emotional it's a heartbreak painting. The second painting has a raw feeling to it. For me, it seems more real and life-like. You can see and feel their poverty and their sense of loss. It is as though they have reached their breaking point, and have nothing else to lose. Thank you for another wonderful video.

Many people mistake his last work for the coffee stain drawing, his real last work was in 2002. If you look up ''Image of Oval Head by William Utermohlen'' you can find it. Its on Bridgeman images, and it is truly, the final work of art William did.

Sir; you are a humanitarian and a fantastic story teller. I'm lol-ing on the economy bus even as I scream for this young woman and her timeless struggle.

this is so beautifully made!!

There's something irrational about having a fallout with one person (Guaguin) and believing his whole project regarding the yellow house is doomed. Thank you for these videos. I love them.

Vincent is such a sad artist who created such amazing paintings. It would be lovely to think the lady was kind to him in his hour of need but unfortunately he misunderstood her

I love the research and the voice who shares the love of art and paintings with us.

i love this channel man, it is really good :)

This is fascinating. My grandparents immigrated from Abbruzzi in 1915 to the United States of America. Thank you for this interesting look into 🖼️ art history.

I'm so glad I stumbled on this channel, and thanks for the amazing video!

I always considered her to be a recent widow, maybe a young one who lost her husband to war or disease, or even an unfortunate accident. I love that there are so many ways we could look at it, but we know for sure one thing: this guy is annoying

The young girl looking directly at the viewer of the painting sure is compelling.

Oh, thank for sharing such a wonderful painting. I just want to know whether the young lady makes it safely to her maiden aunt’s home and is treated with kindness. Maybe the box contains all she has in this world along with the bag.

How is the view count so low?! This is a great video!!

Beautiful artwork! Gruesome story! How could a normal person cut someones decaying head off? Thank you. ❤

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I just found your channel and honestly Im so happy I did these videos are so cool, I love learning about art

I love when a TH-cam video gets recommended to me when it's still so unknown! Subscribing to help the algorithm!

Very good video. It was really interesting to see the different paintings done on this subject.

Hunt is a fantastic artist.

Awesome video, keep it up ! 😊

Thank you for bringing the human element into our understanding of Monet's magnificent art. ❤ I love your videos. ❤

Thank you so much. How wonderful. I’m learning so much from you. I look forward to the next one.

I think the title of this video is a bit misleading and might put off people who know Monet's biography well. But upon watching it holds up alright.

I love Ilya Repin! He was born in Ukraine and was a close friend of Gogol, Mussorgsky and Tolstoy, who he painted many times. The whole history of russia can be read from the faces in his paintings. Repin shone the light on many of the injustices in russia and his images portray the corruption of the Russian Orthodox Church, the pomposity of bureaucracy and the evils of russian serfdom, especially in his painting of the Volga boatmen. It was ever thus. In his letters he often commented on how much he admired the boldness and independence of Ukrainians in the mid 1800’s. Eventually Repin moved to what is now Finland. His paintings are in The Hermitage museum in Petersburg, russia and Moscow.

Did you notice in the devil vs Angel painting that both choices seem to lead to the same exact inlet, with the only appreciable difference being the colors of the ships? That stood out to me as a person obsessed with my own moral relativism with my own behavior while being a moral absolutist when I see people doing things I disagree with