Louis Gallait

1810–1887 · Realism

Louis Gallait was a Belgian painter. He lay at the basis of a revival of history painting in Belgium. He earned his reputation especially with the large painting of Charles V's abdication. Gallait's works were esteemed because of their realism, faithfulness of the costumes and color composition of his paintings. He was also a distinguished portrait painter.

25 paintings

• Portrait of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1872)
• De Avond (le soir) (1849)
• Verlaten (l'abandon) (1849)
• Peace (1872)
• War (1872)
• Last Tribute to the Counts of Egmont and of Horn
• The Unfortunate Mother (1843)
• The Tribute Money (1832)
• A Jewish family accused of healing religious objects and tortured by the Holy Inquisition
• Portrait of Mrs Pick
• Portrait of Mrs Pick, Mother-in-law of the Artist
• Le Sentiment de la Maternité (1846)
• Princess Charlotte of Belgium (1840-1927) (1846)
• The Temptation of St Anthony (1849)
• Fiddler and a gypsy (Solace). (1851)
• Een zigeunerin met twee kinderen (1852)
• Art and Liberty (1849)
• Portrait of Mrs Louis Gallait and her daughter (1848)
• The abdication of Emperor Charles V in favor of his son Philip II . At Brussels, 25 October 1555 (1842)
• Portrait du peintre et graveur Charles Cousin en costume arabe (1838)
• Fisherman's Family (1848)
• Tasso in the Prison (1853)
• Sentinel the Croat (1854)
• The Last Moments of Count Egmont (Count Egmont Before His Death) (1848)
• Le Triomphe des arts et la Victoire du Bien et du Vrai (1850)