From about 1889 onwards George Minne became interested in the figure of the kneeling youth withdrawn into himself. This figure from 1898 represents the end of his search for austere, simple forms. In that same year he grouped five identical kneeling youths around a basin, the famous Fountain of the Kneeling Youths - also known as the Narcissus fountain - whose original model in plaster is owned by the museum. In the individual version of the kneeling youth there is no reference to the Narcissus story. Introspection and humility are more dominant here and give the sculpture a more religious nature. The Kneeling Youth is the artist’s best-known sculpture and many examples of it have been made, in plaster, bronze and marble.
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George Minne
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| Title | Kneeling Youth from the Fountain |
| Date | 1898 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | bronze AAT |
| Inventory number | 1921-H |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
L'OEuvre du jeton de guerre 1921 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on loan |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1921-H |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/9004/manifest.json |
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300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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11Q41
contemplation
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21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass 31A2321 leaning forward Iconclass 31A2323 leaning sideways Iconclass 31A233 kneeling figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D61 fountain of youth, 'Fontaine de Jouvence' Iconclass 32A22 thin (human type) Iconclass 32A22(+0) thin (human type) (+ variant) Iconclass 41A3915 fountain (indoors) Iconclass 46C2 traffic on the water Iconclass |
| School / Style | Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
| 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. 28 (ill.)) |
| L' Oiseau Bleu : Op zoek naar geluk (tentoonstelling Gent, Sint-Pietersabdij, 09.12.2011 - 22.04.2012) / André Capiteyn, Christian Angelet, Martine Van Asch, Robert Beachboard, W.F. Vande Walle. - Gent : Kunsthal Sint-Pietersabdij, 2011 ; Gent : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2011 |
| After Impressionism : Inventing Modern Art (exhibition London, The National Gallery, 25.03 - 13.08.2023) / MaryAnne Stevens, Maria Alambritis, Christopher Riopelle, Camilla Smith, Sabine Wieber. - London : National Gallery Global Limited, 2023 (p.141) |
| Gothic Modern : From Edvard Munch to Käthe Kollwitz (exhibition Helsinki, Ateneum Art Museum, 04.10.2024-26.01.2025 ; Oslo, The National Museum, 28.02-15.06.2025) / Juliet Simpson, Anna-Maria Von Bonsdorff. - [s.l.]. - Hirmer Publishers, [s.a.] ; Helsinki : Finnish National Gallery, 2024 (p. 110) |
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