Already during his study years at the Brussels Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Ensor drew some biblical scenes with black chalk or charcoal on fairly large sheets. Christ and the Cripples" belongs to that series. Around 1885-1886 he reworked the drawing, largely removing the previously shaded areas and playfully heightening them with brushwork. The lighting effect thus created can also be found in Ensor's series "The Auricles of Christ". In addition, also around 1886 he coloured the original figures in bright colours and provided them with ludicrous headgear and attributes. The traditional title of the drawing is confusing because it is essentially about the miraculous healing of the lame man.
Artist |
James Ensor
RKD
VIAF
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Title | Christ with the Lame |
Date |
1880
ca. 1885 - ca. 1886 |
Period | 19th century |
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Ensor |
initial drawing on the reverse | |
Collection | print room |
Object type |
watercolour
AAT
charcoal drawings AAT gouache AAT |
Inventory number | 1923-AH |
Acquisition credit |
purchase
Galerie J. & A. Le Roy frères Brussels 1923-12-01 |
Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1923-AH |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/948/manifest.json |
Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A414 paralytic Iconclass 31A415 crippled Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 41A421 curtains Iconclass 46A7 crowd, mob Iconclass 46C1272 (carrying a person on a) litter, stretcher Iconclass 48C524 drawing, sketch Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73C4 miracles of Christ ~ healing the sick Iconclass 73C4221 a paralytic is let down through the roof of the house where Christ is preaching Iconclass |
School / Style |
Symbolism (artistic concept)
AAT
Expressionist (style) AAT Modernist AAT phantasy |
Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 63) |
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 18) |
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. 11 (ill. p. 33)) |
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