The etching "The Cathedral" is one of Ensor's most famous etchings. It is a fairly faithful reproduction of the choir of Aachen Cathedral, with the exception of the towers, which the artist added himself. For the etching, Ensor drew his inspiration from a watercolour of 1836 by the Dutch artist Gerrit Hulseboom (Aachen, Historisches Museum). On the other hand, the crowd huddled together in the foreground is typical of Ensor's mass scenes. In 1896 he reworked the same etching in a second plate, because according to his biographer Albert Croquez the first had been lost. The Museum of Fine Arts Ghent has two prints of the second plate.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | The Cathedral |
| Date | 1886 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1987-F |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Galerij De Vuyst Lokeren 1987 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1987-F |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3587/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11Q712
church (exterior)
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11Q7121(CHAPEL) parts of church exterior and annexes: chapel Iconclass 11Q7121(CHOIR) parts of church exterior and annexes: choir Iconclass 11Q7121(EAST FACADE) parts of church exterior and annexes (EAST FACADE) Iconclass 11Q7121(FACADE) parts of church exterior and annexes: facade Iconclass 11Q7121(PORCH) parts of church exterior and annexes: porch Iconclass 11Q7121(PORTAL) parts of church exterior and annexes: portal Iconclass 11Q7121(SPIRE) parts of church exterior and annexes: spire Iconclass 11Q7121(TOWER) parts of church exterior and annexes: tower Iconclass 11Q7121(TRANSEPT) parts of church exterior and annexes: transept Iconclass 43A(+2) festivities (+ parade, pageant, cavalcade ~ festive activities) Iconclass 45B51 military parade, pageant Iconclass 46A7 crowd, mob Iconclass 61E(AACHEN) names of cities and villages (AACHEN) Iconclass 61F(CATHEDRAL) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (CATHEDRAL) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Symbolism (artistic concept)
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phantasy |
| James Ensor, Occasional Modernist : Ensor's artistic and social ideas and the interpretation of his art / Herwig Todts. - Turnhout : Brepols, 2018 (p. 379 (ill. 167)) |
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