Ensor intended the print 'The Devil and the Windmill' for the bibliophile edition of a collection of stories by the Antwerp writer Horace Van Offel (1878-1944). The edition was published in 1935 by the Brussels publisher Editions des Artistes in 396 copies. There are 25 numbered copies on Japanese mother-of-pearl paper, printed in sanguine. Ensor based the print on Van Offel's short story about the saintly life of Saint-Charmant, a mite of honour besieged by the devil. The devil succeeded in setting the inhabitants of the nearby village against Saint-Charmant, and the saint was tied to the sails of a windmill. A storm wind blew the mill sails away and Saint-Charmant was taken to heaven.
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James Ensor
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Horace Van Offel
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| Title | The Devil and the Windmill (after Horace Van Offel) |
| Date | 1934 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support | soft-ground etchings (process) AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: Ensor 34 |
| signatures (names) bottom right: JamesEnsor | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | soft-ground etchings (process) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-133 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-133 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8978/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
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devil(s) and demons
Iconclass
11K41 devil(s) appearing to mortals, trying to seduce them; temptation Iconclass 25F9 mis-shapen animals; monsters Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 41D221(FEATHERED HAT) head-gear (FEATHERED HAT) Iconclass 47D31 windmill Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| James Ensor : Catalogue illustré de ses gravures ; Leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques = Geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn gravures ; Hun kritische beschrijving en inventaris van de platen = Illustrated catalogue of his engravings ; Their critical description and inventary of the plates / Auguste Taevernier. - Ledeberg (Gent) : Erasmus Boekhandel bv Amsterdam, 1973 (nr. 133) |
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