This etching is one of the most daring in Ensor's graphic oeuvre. It refers to the painting "The Fall of the Rebellious Angels" by Pieter Bruegel (Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium), the etching "The Temptation of St Anthony" by Jacques Callot and the fantastic figures of Hieronymus Bosch. The etching is above all a highlight of Ensor's own fantastic language of forms.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | Devils Trashing Angels and Archangels |
| Date | 1888 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: Ensor 88 |
| signature, title and year bottom right: James Ensor . 1888 / La lutte des démons | |
| stamps (tools) on the reverse: AT | |
| title on the reverse: La lutte des démons | |
| inscription on the reverse: 16 / LD23 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-23 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-23 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4022/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11G
angels
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11G18 the seven Archangels Iconclass 11G193 female angels Iconclass 11K devil(s) and demons Iconclass 31E23 violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death Iconclass 31E235 violent death ~ maltreatment, torture Iconclass 33B9 flight, running away; pursuing Iconclass 33C49 rape, violation Iconclass 43C11 hunting, chase Iconclass 52A4 Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass 52B511 Distinction between Good and Bad; 'Distintione del bene del male' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT historicism (theory) 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. 23) |
| Mock Humanity : two essays on James Ensor's grotesques ; James Ensor's grotesques and the History of Caricature by Jules Champfleury ; Frame and figure in the work of James Ensor / Bart Verschaffel. - Ghent : A&S Books, 2018 (p. 36) |
| Feast of Fools : Bruegel herontdekt = Bruegel rediscovered (tentoonstelling Gaasbeek, Kasteel van Gaasbeek, 07.04.2019 - 28.07.2019) / Hans Devisscher, Marieke Debeuckelaere, Leen Huet, Luc Vanackere, Peter Verhelst, Luk Lambrecht, Lieze Eneman. - Gaasbeek : Kasteel van Gaasbeek, 2019 ; Gent : Snoeck, 2019 (p. 95) |
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