The etching "Small Bizarre Figures" is essentially a portrait compilation of various members of the Rousseau family. Depicted at the top right is Ernest Rousseau, Ensor's bosom friend who was a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Top left is his son, Ernest Jr. Bottom right is possibly Mariette Rousseau. At the bottom left Ensor depicted himself in the company of a strange winged creature. The hybrid composition of the bodies of father and son Rousseau refers to Ensor's print 'Peculiar Insects', which is a more 'intimate' portrait of Mariette Rousseau and Ensor and was made in the same year, 1888.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | Small Bizarre Figures |
| Date | 1888 |
| 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> |
| inscription left of centre: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">R [...]</span></p> | |
| seal, stamp on the reverse: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">AT</span></p> | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-53 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-53 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4065/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
AAT
300056485 fantastic art AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F711
insects
Iconclass
25F711(BEETLE) insects: beetle Iconclass 25F711(DRAGON-FLY) insects: dragon-fly Iconclass 25F711(FLY) insects: fly Iconclass 33A5 friends Iconclass 52A4 Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass 61B historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life) Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(ERNEST ROUSSEAU) historical person (ERNEST ROUSSEAU) Iconclass 61B2(JAMES ENSOR) historical person (JAMES ENSOR) Iconclass 61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman Iconclass 61BB2(ROUSSEAU, Mariette) historical person (ROUSSEAU, Mariette) - BB - woman Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 |
| 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. 53) |
| Onder de loep : Kunstenaars en wetenschappers op ontdekkingstocht in Genk (1800-1914) (tentoonstelling Genk, Emile van Dorenmuseum, 26.05.2013 - 17.11.2013) / Kristof Reulens. - Genk : Emile Van Dorenmuseum, 2013 |
| Simryn Gill : de (hemi)cyclus van bladeren en papier = l'(hémi)cycle de feuilles et papier = the (hemi)cycle of leaves and paper (tentoonstelling Gent , Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 22.04 - 04.09.2016) / Catherine De Zegher, Jan Braet. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2016 (p. 15) |
| James Ensor : An Intimate Portrait (exhibition New York, Gladstone Gallery, 06.11.2021 - 15.01.2022) / Sabine Taevernier, Herwig Todts, Xavier Tricot, Susan Maria Canning. - New York City : Gladstone Gallery, 2021 (p.78, p.126) |
| The Social Context of James Ensor's Art Practice / Susan Maria Canning. - London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2023 (p. 71 (ill. 2.11)) |
| 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. 215 (ill.)) |
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