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 Demolder that the album gave him great satisfaction, but that he particularly preferred the heightened prints.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | Envy |
| Date | 1904 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support |
etching
AAT
heightened |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) top right: Ensor |
| signatures (names) bottom right: James Ensor | |
| inscription bottom left | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: D. 125 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-125 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-125 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4166/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11N3
the Seven Deadly Sins (personified)
Iconclass
11N32 Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins Iconclass 31A21 (human) skeleton Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D111 infant, baby ~ the ages of man Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31F26 Death as skeleton Iconclass 42G2111 father (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 125) |
| 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. 125) |
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