The motif of the living skeleton has been a symbol of death since the Middle Ages. Ensor repeatedly used this representation in his paintings and drawings. In his graphic oeuvre the skeleton motif is predominant in prints such as Skeletons Warming Themselves and Death Pursuing the Human Flock (inv. 1998-B-104).
| Artist |
James Ensor
RKD
VIAF
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| Title | Skeletons Trying to Warm Themselves, Warmth Seeking Skeletons |
| Date | 1895 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: J. Ensor / 95 |
| title at the top: Squelettes voulant se chauffer | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT / AT | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-98 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-98 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4129/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300056485
fantastic art
AAT
300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A21
(human) skeleton
Iconclass
31F26 Death as skeleton Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41B2 hearth and stove Iconclass 41B22 heating stove Iconclass 52A4 Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 98) |
| 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. 98) |
| James Ensor : Tekeningen en prenten / Robert Hoozee, Sabine Bown-Taevernier, Jan Frederik Heijbroek. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1987 (p. 131-136) |
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