This is a fragment of the funeral monument erected by Fernand Scribe on his parents' grave in the municipal cemetery of Ghent (Brugsepoort).
| Artist |
Jacques de Lalaing
RKD
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| Title | The Genius of Death |
| Period |
19th century
20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) reverse, bottom right: Jacques de Lalaing |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | bronze AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-BS |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-BS |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/640/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300055865 Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A72
female sex; woman
Iconclass
31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass 31B6217 eyes closed Iconclass 31B6231 lips pressed together Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 31F1 symbols of Death Iconclass 31F2 personifications of Death; 'Morte' (Ripa) Iconclass 31FF23 Death as man - FF - Death as female Iconclass 42E38 signs, symbols and motifs in funerary art Iconclass 48C24(+32) piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture (+ sculpture) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
historicism (theory)
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academicism AAT |
| 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. 162 (ill.)) |
| Jacques De Lalaing (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| Jacques De Lalaing / Liesbeth Bobbelijn, Charlotte Standaert. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| De vrienden rond het museum : Het Gentse kunstnetwerk in relatie tot de collectieuitbreiding van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (1870-1914) / Julie Landuyt. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 127) |
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