In the figure of Christ, Ensor found a symbol of innocence, persecuted truth and of subjected goodness to the attacks of a hostile mass. For the artist, the drawing was also an occasion to express his own conflictive relationship with society. From the series "The Aureoles of Christ", to which this drawing belongs, the Christ theme remains very important in Ensor's work and in some works it is clear that he identifies himself with the figure of Christ. The interest in the figure of Christ is in itself not exceptional in this period. Like many of his contemporaries, Ensor was fascinated by the figure of Christ as a revolutionary or as an anarchist.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | Christ Shown to the People |
| Date | 1885 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: Ensor 1885 |
| inscription on the reverse: RUITERS | |
| signature and title on the reverse: J. Ensor. La crue: Jésus montré au peuple | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
chalk drawings
AAT
watercolour AAT |
| Inventory number | 1988-C |
| Acquisition credit |
long-term loan
Vlaamse Gemeenschap Brussels 2004 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on loan |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1988-C |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/127/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300056485
fantastic art
AAT
300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass 22C light Iconclass 22C2 artificial light Iconclass 22C3114 rays as nimbus Iconclass 31A415 crippled Iconclass 31A4153 crutches Iconclass 41A421 curtains Iconclass 41A4231 canopy, baldachin Iconclass 41D221(FEATHERED HAT) head-gear (FEATHERED HAT) Iconclass 41D221(HAT) head-gear: hat Iconclass 46A7 crowd, mob Iconclass 48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist Iconclass 61B2(JAMES ENSOR) historical person (JAMES ENSOR) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73D Passion of Christ Iconclass 73D3522 head of Christ with crown of thorns Iconclass 73D36 Pilate showing Christ to the people, 'Ostentatio Christi', 'Ecce Homo' (John 19:4-6) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Symbolism (artistic concept)
AAT
phantasy historicism (theory) AAT |
| James Ensor : Tekeningen en prenten / Robert Hoozee, Sabine Bown-Taevernier, Jan Frederik Heijbroek. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1987 (p. 89) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 173-175 (ill. 121), 268) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 7 (ill.)) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 82 (ill.)) |
| James Ensor by Luc Tuymans (Exhibition London, Royal Academy of Arts, 29.10.2016 - 29.02.2017) / Luc Tuymans, Adrian Locke, Herwig Todts, Gerrit Vermeiren, Xavier Tricot, Anna Testar, Beatrice Gullström, Alison Hissey, Carola Krueger. - London : Royal Academy of Arts, 2016 (p. 151) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Ghent : The Collection (exhibition opened on March 21th 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2021 |
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