The object in context
The Royal Museums’ 2016 selection identifies this work by Fernand Khnopff: pastel on paper mounted on canvas, inventory 3528, dated 1889. Its inventory number distinguishes the Brussels object from versions or reproductions elsewhere. The old list records a collection location in 2016, not a guarantee of display today.
Try this when you look
Use two columns in your notes: individual figures and the spaces between them. Describe a pose before assigning a relationship or emotion. The alternative title Lawn Tennis provides a setting, but it does not explain every distance, repetition or silence within the composition.
Before you visit
Use the inventory number when checking the museum’s current collection information. Modern works in this selection were not all part of the same permanent gallery: five featured in a specific 2016 Patio presentation. Plan around confirmed display, not an archived room number.
- The object in context: The Royal Museums’ 2016 selection identifies this work by Fernand Khnopff: pastel on paper mounted on canvas, inventory 3528, dated 1889.
- Try this when you look: Use two columns in your notes: individual figures and the spaces between them.
- Before you visit: Use the inventory number when checking the museum’s current collection information.