Ensor published the series "The Seven Deadly Sins" in 1904 in the form of an album, with a preface by his friend Eugène Demolder. The series of prints was not made in one go. From 1888 dates "Lust". In 1902 and 1904, the other prints were added. There are preliminary studies in coloured chalk for all the etchings. These drawings are mirror images of the prints, except for "Lust", which was probably made after the etching of 1888. Ensor repeatedly coloured "The Seven Deadly Sins". He told Eugène Demolder that the album gave him great satisfaction, but that he particularly preferred the heightened prints.
| Artist |
James Ensor
RKD
VIAF
Wikidata
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| Title | Avarice |
| Date | 1904 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support |
etching
AAT
heightened |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: <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 bottom left | |
| 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;">56 / D.123</span></p> | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-123 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-123 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4164/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11N3
the Seven Deadly Sins (personified)
Iconclass
11N34 Covetousness; 'Avaritia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins Iconclass 25F34 owls Iconclass 25F9 mis-shapen animals; monsters Iconclass 31A22611 blood Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31E23 violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41C37 table-cloth Iconclass 46B31 money Iconclass 47D8(KNIFE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: knife Iconclass 47D8(PICKAXE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: pickaxe Iconclass 56DD32 Alarm, Fright; 'Spavento', 'Terrore' (Ripa) Iconclass 56DD34 Horror, Abhorrence Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 123) |
| 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. 123) |
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