In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the winning of a medal at an exhibition or a decoration in an official order invariably led to the staging of grand banquets, just like anniversaries and other festive events. At these dinners much attention was paid to the menus, and they were regularly illuminated in etching or lithography by artists who were friends. Two such menus by Ensor are known: "The menu for Charles Vos" and "The menu for Ernest Rousseau". Ensor made the first menu on the occasion of the festive inauguration of the 'Vos-Hall', the gallery and auction room that Ensor's friend Charles Vos opened in Brussels on 26 December 1896. "The menu for Ernest Rousseau" was made by Ensor on the occasion of the wedding of Ernest Rousseau Jr.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | Menu for Charles Vos |
| Date | 1896 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">Ensor</span></p> |
| signatures (names) bottom right: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">James Ensor</span></p> | |
| inscription on the reverse: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">AT</span></p> | |
| inscription on the reverse: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">[...] / menu Chris Vos / 1200</span></p> | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-110-2 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-110-2 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4149/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41D221(TOP HAT) head-gear: top hat Iconclass 43A(+2) festivities (+ parade, pageant, cavalcade ~ festive activities) Iconclass 43B311 restaurant Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(CHARLES VOS) historical person (CHARLES VOS) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
realism (artistic form of expression)
AAT
phantasy satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 110) |
| 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. 110) |
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