The portrayed Maurice De Weert was a lawyer and alderman of the city of Ghent. As a political director, he was associated with the daily newspaper La Flandre Libérale. He was chairman of the commission of the Ghent academy. The artist Anna Cogen, a pupil of Emile Claus, was his wife and biographer.
| Artist |
Eugène Dopchie
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| Title | Portrait of Maurice De Weert |
| Date | 1916 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | monogram and year top left: ED / 1916 |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
pencil drawings
AAT
charcoal drawings AAT chalk drawings AAT ink drawing |
| Inventory number | 1950-AI |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
De Weert-Cogen, Anna (coll.) Ghent 1950 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1950-AI |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2204/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
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300124520 interior views AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A235
sitting figure
Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41A731 case furniture Iconclass 41D221(BOWLER) head-gear: bowler hat Iconclass 44C34 politician, e.g. party leader Iconclass 44G16 lawyer, attorney at law Iconclass 46D52 journalist, reporter Iconclass 61B historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life) Iconclass 61B2(MAURICE DE WEERT) historical person (MAURICE DE WEERT) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 17) |
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