Ensor's bosom friend Ernest Rousseau (1831-1908) was a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Between 1884 and 1886 he was rector of this university. On 20 April 1887 students of the university presented him with a bust, made by Jef Lambeaux. Ensor was probably inspired by this bust when he made a chalk drawing of Rousseau (Ostend, Mu.ZEE, inv. 1955/312), which in turn formed the basis for this etching. The chalk drawing and the etching were made in 1887.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | Ernest Rousseau |
| Date | 1887 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | drypoint AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription bottom right: Ensor 87 |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | drypoint AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-11 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-11 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4004/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
61B
historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)
Iconclass
61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(ERNEST ROUSSEAU) historical person (ERNEST ROUSSEAU) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| James Ensor : Catalogue illustré de ses gravures ; Leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques = Geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn gravures ; Hun kritische beschrijving en inventaris van de platen = Illustrated catalogue of his engravings ; Their critical description and inventary of the plates / Auguste Taevernier. - Ledeberg (Gent) : Erasmus Boekhandel bv Amsterdam, 1973 (nr. 11) |
| onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 194, cat. 214 (ill.)) |
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