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The Infernal Cortege, 1887

  • etching, paper
  • 210 x 258 mm
  • Inv. 1998-B-10-2

Public Domain

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In this performance, the participants in a merry carnival procession undergo a frightening transformation as they climb the mountain. As Ensor noted on the preparatory drawing (Royal Library Albert I, Print Room, Brussels), they turn into a "hellish militia on their way to the Sabbath". It is in this print that Ensor first introduces the grotesque masked creatures.