The drawing "King Pest" is based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe, titled "King Pest, a tale containing an allegory". The story is about two sailors who leave an inn without paying and are consequently pursued by the evil landlady. During their escape, they end up in a London district where they end up in a cellar where King Pest is presiding over a meeting. In 1895, Ensor engraved an etching after the drawing, which was created around 1886-1888 (inv. 1998-B-100).
| Artist |
James Ensor
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Edgar Allan Poe
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| Title | King Pest |
| Date | ca. 1886 - ca. 1888 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: Ensor 80 |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
pencil drawings
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chalk drawings AAT |
| Inventory number | 2002-D |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 2002 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2002-D |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4783/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11K
devil(s) and demons
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23T27(14) modern division of historical epochs ~ centuries (14) Iconclass 25F9 mis-shapen animals; monsters Iconclass 31A21 (human) skeleton Iconclass 31A211 (human) skull Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A42 human beings (legendary or not) of abnormal proportions, size, strength, etc. Iconclass 31A4621 plague Iconclass 31A46210 personification of plague Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31F11 death's head, skull (symbol of Death) Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41A7211 stool Iconclass 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask Iconclass 41C51(+2) banquet of elegant company (+ toast at meal, banquet) Iconclass 41C52 carousal, drinking-bout, orgy Iconclass 41C711 wine ~ alcoholic drinks Iconclass 41C7112 bottle of wine Iconclass 41C7113 kinds of wine Iconclass 41C712 liqueur Iconclass 41C715(PUNCH) other alcoholic drinks (PUNCH) Iconclass 41D221(FEATHERED HAT) head-gear (FEATHERED HAT) Iconclass 42E141 coffin Iconclass 42E271 undertaker, mortician Iconclass 44B113 king Iconclass 45D323 sailor Iconclass 46A63 meeting, assembly Iconclass 47A21 workshop-interior Iconclass 47I83 charcoal burning, charcoal burner, wood collier Iconclass 56DD34 Horror, Abhorrence Iconclass 61E(LONDON) names of cities and villages (LONDON) Iconclass 82A(ARCH DUKE PEST-IFEROUS) male literary characters (ARCH DUKE PEST-IFEROUS) Iconclass 82A(DUKE PEST-ILENTIAL) male literary characters (DUKE PEST-ILENTIAL) Iconclass 82A(DUKE TEM-PEST) male literary characters (DUKE TEM-PEST) Iconclass 82A(HUGH TARPAULIN) male literary characters (HUGH TARPAULIN) Iconclass 82A(KING PEST) male literary characters (KING PEST) Iconclass 82A(LEGS) male literary characters (LEGS) Iconclass 82A(TIM HURLYGURLY) male literary characters (TIM HURLYGURLY) Iconclass 82AA(ARCH DUCHESS ANA-PEST) female literary characters (ARCH DUCHESS ANA-PEST) Iconclass 82AA(QUEEN PEST) female literary characters (QUEEN PEST) Iconclass 83(POE, King Pest) (scenes from) specific works of literature (POE, King Pest) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Symbolism (artistic concept)
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phantasy satire (artistic device) AAT |
| James Ensor / Emile Verhaeren. - Bruxelles : G. Van Oest & Cie, 1908 (p. 109) |
| Les dessins d'Ensor / Paul Fierens. - Bruxelles : Editions Apollo, 1944 ((ill. 5)) |
| James Ensor / Paul Haesaerts, Jean Cassou. - Bruxelles : Elsevier, 1957 (p. 147 (ill.), 376, nr. 95) |
| Ensor, cet inconnu / Francine-Claire Legrand, Gisèle Ollinger-Zinque. - Bruxelles : La Renaissance du Livre, 1971 (p. 86, 109, nr. 33 (ill. 31)) |
| Ensor : Voorafgegaan door Ensortilèges van Pierre Alechinsky / Robert L. Delevoy. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1981 (p. 233 (ill. 153)) |
| Ensoriana / Xavier Tricot. - Oostende : L'Hareng Saur, 1985 (p. 56, nr. 32) |
| James Ensor : Tekeningen en prenten / Robert Hoozee, Sabine Bown-Taevernier, Jan Frederik Heijbroek. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1987 (p. 136-137, nr. 88 (ill.)) |
| 'Ensor et la France: l'influence de l'art français sur la peinture d'Ensor', in: James Ensor [tent. cat. Petite Palais-Parijs] / Dominique Morel. - Parijs : Musée du Petit Palais (Parijs), [s.a.] (p. 73) |
| Ensor / Francine-Claire Legrand. - Bruxelles : La Renaissance du Livre, 1990 (p. 109, 123 nr. 33) |
| James Ensor : Geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn gravures, hun kritische beschrijving en inventaris van de platen = catalogue illustré de ses gravures, leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques = illustrated catalogue of his engravings, their critical description and inventary of the plates / Auguste Taevernier. - Antwerpen : Pandora, 1999 ; Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1999 (p. 247 nr. T-100 (ill.)) |
| Lettres / James Ensor, Xavier Tricot. - Bruxelles : Editions Labor, 1999 ; Bruxelles : Archives et Musée de la Littérature, 1999 (p. 191) |
| Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (cat. 14 (ill. p. 35)) |
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