#henry bernard chalon

[galleryofart]

The Blacksmith Shop

Artist: Henry Bernard Chalon (British, 1771–1849)

Date: Between 1810-1820

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Henry Bernard Chalon (English, 1770–1849), "The Duchess of York’s Spaniel", 1804

[dogdepiction]

A favorite pug (1802) Henry Bernard Chalon

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[ixilecter]

This painting in Hannibal’s kitchen is called White Papillon Standing on a Cushion painted by Henry Bernard Chalon around 1836.

Henry Bernard Chalon (1770–1849) was an English painter and lithographer. He was a son of the Dutch émigré and engraver Jan Chalon and studied at the Royal Academy Schools. Then he started specializing in sporting and animal painting. He was appointed Animal Painter to Frederica, Duchess of York, in 1795, and later to both the Prince Regent and King William IV. 

Whether Hannibal has the $36 000 original at home, a copy or whether it’s his shot at the painting (since the colors seem to me a little more vibrant) is probably going to remain a mystery. Nevertheless we can tackle the metaphor behind it:

a dog, something to remind of Will Graham and maybe even start conversation with him over the painting

papillon, the french word for butterfly, can lead us both to the past to France where Hannibal resided as a young man, and to the future reminding us of moth, a symbol of The Silence of the Lambs story

the history of papillon as a dog breed is traced through works of art. The earliest toy spaniels resembling the papillon are found in Italy, the country from which Dr. Lecter’s ancestry comes from as well.

Sending love and puppies to xshiromorix for identifying the painting. :-)

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All descriptions of paintings in Hannibal are here.