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Immortality, ca. 1881

  • bronze
  • 185 x 74.5 x 79.5 cm
  • Inv. 1903-BBB

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In Belgian sculpture in the second half of the nineteenth century, Paul De Vigne represents the classical trend, which was based on the study of the art of classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance. In his own opinion, Immortality was his best work. He made it after the death of his friend, the painter Lieven De Winne. This bronze copy used to be in the museum as the crowning glory of a monument to De Winne. This monument also contained two sculpted portraits that also belonged to the museum: a portrait of De Winne by De Vigne and a portrait of De Vigne by Rodin, with whom he had a friendly relationship in Paris. The monument was created by Xavier Mellery.

Artist

Paul De Vigne RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1843 - Brussels 1901
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Fonderie Nationale des Bronzes
Brussels
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Title Immortality
Date ca. 1881
Period 19th century
Location Brussels TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings seal, stamp on the right-hand side of the base: FONDERIE NATle DES BRONZES / ANCne FIRME J. PETERMANN / St GILLES - BRUXELLES
Collection sculpture AAT
Object type bronze AAT
Inventory number 1903-BBB
Acquisition credit purchase
De Vigne-De Nayere, Aline
Ghent
1903
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1903-BBB
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 10 (symbolic) representations ~ creation, cosmos, cosmogony, universe, and life (in the broadest sense) Iconclass
25G plants; vegetation Iconclass
25G(+32) plants; vegetation (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming) Iconclass
25G41 flowers Iconclass
31A2421 head turned to the left Iconclass
31A247 looking over the shoulder Iconclass
31A2511 arm raised upward Iconclass
31A252 postures and gestures of arms and hands in relation to each other Iconclass
31A255 postures and gestures of hand and fingers Iconclass
31A25551 index finger upwards Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31AA27481 turning something, (causing) circular movement - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31AA277 movement in water - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31D15 adult woman Iconclass
48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture Iconclass
48C1634 Corinthian order ~ architecture Iconclass
48C5152 palette Iconclass
58B3 Immortality, Imperishableness; 'Immortalita' (Ripa) Iconclass
School / Style historicism (theory) AAT
Catalogue du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, publié par les soins de la Commision directrice / Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Albert Dutry, Joseph Casier, Louis Maeterlinck. - Gand : Imprimerie C. Annoot-Braeckman, 1909 ; Gand : Ad. Hoste, 1909 (p. 149)
Trente années de lutte pour l'art : 1884-1914 ; Les XX, 1884-1893 ; La Libre Esthétique, 1894-1914 / Madeleine Octave Maus. - Bruxelles : L'Oiseau Bleu, 1926 (p. 30)
Paul De Vigne 1843-1901 / Oscar Roelandts. - Gent : Koninklijke Academie van Schoone Kunsten, 1931-1932 (p. 41-43)
De Vigne (fam.) (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
Le sculpteur Paul De Vigne 1843-1901 : Etude biographiques et catalogue des oeuvres / Mariette Fransolet. - Bruxelles : Paleis der Academiën, 1960 (p. 68 nr. 53, 196-199, cat. 53)
'De Vigne Paul', in: De 19de-eeuwse Belgische beeldhouwkunst / Jacques Van Lennep. - Brussel : Generale Bank, [s.a.] (p. 354-355)
De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 107, 112 (ill.), 172 (ill.))
200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 273 (ill. 86))
De vrienden rond het museum : Het Gentse kunstnetwerk in relatie tot de collectieuitbreiding van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (1870-1914) / Julie Landuyt. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 127)
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