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The Shoemaker, 1887

  • wash, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), black ink, ink, paper
  • 410 x 439 mm
  • Inv. 2003-AW

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Although The Shoemaker stands alone in George Minne's oeuvre, it fits in with the typical 19th-century interest in craftsmanlike indoor scenes. There is a similarity to a painting by Ferdinand Hodler from 1883 (Zurich, Kunsthaus) with almost identical elements.

Artist

George Minne RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1866 - Sint-Martens-Latem 1941
draftsmen (artists)AAT

Title The Shoemaker
Date 1887
Period 19th century
Medium and support wash AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription, signature and year bottom left: <p><span style="font-family:Segoe UI;font-size:9.0pt;">à mon / ami Gr. / le Roy / G Minne / 87</span></p>
Collection print room
Object type pencil drawings AAT
ink drawing
lavis (technique) AAT
Inventory number 2003-AW
Acquisition credit purchase
Galerie Pierre Hallet
Brussels
2003
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2003-AW
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4825/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300124520 interior views AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
41D2332 shoes, sandals Iconclass
47A21 workshop-interior Iconclass
47A211 workbench Iconclass
47D8 tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries Iconclass
47D8(CHISEL) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: chisel Iconclass
47D8(HAMMER) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: hammer Iconclass
47D8(KNIFE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: knife Iconclass
47D8(NAIL) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: nail Iconclass
47D8(PINCERS) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries (PINCERS) Iconclass
47D8(SCISSORS) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: scissors Iconclass
47H73 shoe-maker, cobbler Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
George Minne / Léo Van Puyvelde. - Bruxelles : Editions des "Cahiers de Belgique", 1930 (p. 75, cat. 3 (ill.))
George Minne en de kunst rond 1900 (Tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 18.09.1982 - 05.12.1982) / Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Albert Alhadeff. - Brussel : Gemeentekrediet, 1982 (p. 72, cat. 8 (ill.))
George Minne : Das Frühwerk und seine Rezeption in Deutschland und Österreich bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg / Inga Rossi-Schrimpf. - Weimar : Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften, 2012 (p. 399; p. 33, 63, 82)
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