Ensor conceived "The Adoration of the Shepherds" entirely in the spirit of the old masters he admired, such as Peter Paul Rubens and Rembrandt. The references are more general: the centre of light around the child and the location of the scene in the wooden structure can be compared, for example, with Rembrandt's "The Adoration of the Shepherds" (London, National Gallery). Ensor's print is a free adaptation of the chalk drawing of the same name from 1886 (Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, inv. 4192). In the print, the artist surrounds the scene with samples of Flemish realism and Ensorian satire.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | The Adoration of the Shepherds |
| Date | 1888 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | soft-ground etchings (process) AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom left: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">ENSOR / 1888</span></p> |
| signature and year bottom right: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">James Ensor 1888</span></p> | |
| inscription bottom left: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">1e etat</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;">L'adoration des bergers vernis mou / D.58</span></p> | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | soft-ground etchings (process) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-58 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-58 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4072/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools Iconclass 48C8547 satyr play, farce Iconclass 52A4 Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73B25 adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 58) |
| 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. 58) |
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