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The Snake, 1953

  • woodcut, paper
  • 251 x 178 mm
  • Inv. 2002-L-55

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Artist

Frans Masereel RKD VIAF Wikidata
Blankenberge 1889 - Avignon 1972
woodcutters (printmakers)AAT

Title The Snake
Date 1953
Period 20th century
Medium and support woodcut AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings title and edition outside the depiction, bottom left: le serpent 22/25
signature and year bottom right, outside the depiction: Frans Masereel / 1953
monogram and year bottom left: FM 1953
Collection print room
Object type woodcut AAT
Inventory number 2002-L-55
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4947/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300263554 animal paintings AAT
300055865 Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25F42 snakes Iconclass
25G plants; vegetation Iconclass
31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass
71A6 expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise (Genesis 3:22-24) Iconclass
School / Style Expressionist (style) AAT
Modernist AAT
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