With the high relief The Human Passions, the Museum of Fine Arts houses one of the most famous testimonies of Belgian monumental sculpture at the end of the 19th century. The version in the museum is a cast of the marble version in Victor Horta's tempietto in the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, which was closed to the public a few days after its opening on 1 October 1899. Lambeaux's relief shows humanity dominated by Death under the pitying gaze of Christ.
| Artist |
Jef Lambeaux
RKD
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|---|---|
| Title | The Human Passions |
| Date | ca. 1899 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | gypsum AAT |
| Inventory number | 1905-G |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Comité Jef Lambeaux 1905 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1905-G |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/413/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A2351 sitting on the ground Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA2351 sitting on the ground - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA236 lying figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31B52 drunkenness Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 31E238 seeking death, suicide Iconclass 31F symbols and personifications of Death Iconclass 31F2 personifications of Death; 'Morte' (Ripa) Iconclass 31F26 Death as skeleton Iconclass 32A8 passions, emotions, affections Iconclass 33C2 lovers; courting, flirting Iconclass 33C49 rape, violation Iconclass 33C8 amorousness, desire Iconclass 33C81 chastity versus sensuality Iconclass 33C811 sensuality Iconclass 33C82 heavenly love versus earthly love Iconclass 33C85 free love Iconclass 33C851 promiscuity, fantasies of a world of free love Iconclass 33C86 woman-chaser Iconclass 41C52 carousal, drinking-bout, orgy Iconclass 41CC52 carousal, drinking-bout, orgy - CC - out of doors Iconclass 42A30 motherhood Iconclass 45A1 war Iconclass 45A2 peace Iconclass 45C14(LANCE) helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance Iconclass 48C73411 tambourine Iconclass 54C4 Temptation; 'Tentatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 56B1 Pleasure, Enjoyment, Joy; 'Allegrezza', 'Allegrezza da le medaglie', 'Allegrezza, letitia e giubilo', 'Diletto', 'Piacere', 'Piacere honesto' (Ripa) Iconclass 56F Desire and Aversion Iconclass 56F1 Desire; 'Desiderio' (Ripa) Iconclass 56F13 (Feeling of) Attraction Iconclass 56F2 (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) Iconclass 56F2518 'Passione d'amore' (Ripa) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass |
| School / Style | academicism AAT |
| 'Le Pavillon des Passions Humaines au Parc du Cinquantenaire', in: Belgisch / Cécile Dulière. - Brussel : [s.n.] : [s.a.] (p. 85-87) |
| Jef Lambeaux (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| 'Jef Lambeaux en het Reliëf der Menselijke Passies. Een historisch overzicht', / J. Haerens. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 89-105) |
| 'Jef Lambeaux en de menselijke driften', in: Monumenten en Landschappen / Bruno Fornari. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 107, 191 (ill.)) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 270 (ill. 99)) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 90-91 (ill.)) |
| Jef Lambeaux : 1852-1908 ou les passions d'un faune ; Dl.1 : monografie ; Dl.2 : Plaquette - Exposition = Plaquette - tentoonstelling (Saint-Gilles, Hôtel de Ville, du 04 au 20 mai 1990) / Albert Eylenbosch. - Bruxelles : Editions les Rencontres Saint-Gilloises, 1990 |
| De Menselijke Driften / Werner Adriaenssens, André Demesmaeker, Claudine Houbart. - Brussel : urban.brussels, 2021 (p. 9, 14, 16) |
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