The Bellelli Family, c.1858/67 by Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
Canvas Print - 11827-DEE
Location: Musee d'Orsay, Paris, FranceOriginal Size: 200 x 250 cm
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Painting Information
The muted blues of the wallpaper and the somber black of the mother’s mourning dress first catch the eye, yet small details - a splash of red on the mother’s fan, the pale gleam of the children’s pinafores - punctuate the overall hush of this interior. These quietly orchestrated colors are central to the painting’s emotional texture, allowing the figures’ expressions and postures to resonate. There is an acute sense of watchfulness here, and the delicately varied hues help articulate the subtle tensions simmering beneath the surface.
One notices a similar restraint in the brushwork. Across the daughters’ crisp aprons, the paint is applied with near-surgical precision, conveying both the sheen of the fabric and the innocence of youth. Meanwhile, the folds in the mother’s severe black garments are more broadly handled, suggesting her status as a looming presence. The father’s form is slightly looser again, indicating a degree of detachment. Such contrasts reveal the artist's willingness to vary his touch depending on the psychological weight each character holds within the scene.
Throughout the composition, lines of sight and doorway apertures draw attention to the unspoken fractures within the family. The mother, standing upright, exudes authority and grief in equal measure, while her brother’s portrait hangs on the wall behind her - an ever-present reminder of familial ties. The father, seated to the right, shares no direct contact with the daughters, who occupy the middle ground like uncertain intermediaries. The result is a tableau that seems quietly unified at first glance, yet increasingly disjointed the longer one observes its many sidelong glances and gestures.
Beneath these formal choices lies the broader context of this family’s situation. The father, an Italian patriot, remains in exile in Florence, which adds a further note of displacement to an already fraught environment. The mother’s mourning attire signals recent loss, visible in the framed memory of her father that rests near her shoulder. Painted when the children were just seven and ten, the portrait lays bare how adult preoccupations - be they political or personal - cast a long shadow over youthful energies. Much like the partially obscured dog near the frame’s edge, the family’s sense of togetherness feels incomplete, marked by glimpses of potential escape within a room at once familiar and curiously remote.
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