When Poverty Comes in at the Door Love Flies out of the Window, 1892

Title

When Poverty Comes in at the Door Love Flies out of the Window

Painter

• George Frederick Watts

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten links: G.F.Watts
Bezeichnet unten in der Mitte: When Poverty comes in at the door / Love flies out at the window

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Modern Art 1800–1945

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2013 as a gift from Hartmuth A. Jung, Wiesbaden

Genre

• allegory

Main Motif

• Cupid
• man
• woman
• group of people
• interior space
• animal

Persons Shown

• Cupid

Primary

• 33C91 Love personified
• 33B9 flight, running away; pursuing
• 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden
• 46A151 beggar
• 55BB1 Poverty; 'Povertà', 'Povertà del doni', 'Povertà in uno ch'habbia bell'ingegno' (Ripa)
• 33A31 knocking at the door

Secondary

• 41A761 bed
• 41A3311 open window