After a career as a lawyer at the Brussels Bar, Hector Denis became a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He also taught at the Girls' Normal School. Denis taught philosophy, law and economic policy, among other subjects. At the Brussels university, he was a colleague of Ensor's bosom friend Ernest Rousseau.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | Portrait of Hector Denis |
| Date | 1890 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription, year and signature bottom left: A. Hector Denis / James Ensor 1890 |
| inscription, year and signature bottom left: Portrait d'Hector Denis / James Ensor 1890 | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: 48 / [...] / Portrait d'Hector Denis / D.80 / 82 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-82 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-82 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4110/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31B6213
looking sideways
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61B historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life) Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(HECTOR DENIS) historical person (HECTOR DENIS) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 80) |
| 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. 82) |
| James Ensor : Belgien um 1900 (Ausstellung München, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 31.03 - 21.05.1989) / Lydia M.A. Schoonbaert. - München : Hirmer, 1989 (p. 210 (ill. T. 82), 211, cat. 82) |
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