This etching served as the frontispiece for Joséphin Péladan's novel L'Initiation sentimentale (Paris, Edinger, 1887). The sentence 'Diaboli virtus in lumbis est', sometimes attributed to Augustine of Hippo (Saint Augustine), actually comes from a letter by Hieronymus of Stridon (Saint Hieronymus); Epistulae, 22,11 - Ad Eustochium - De virginitate servanda.
| Artist |
Félicien Rops
RKD
VIAF
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| Title | The Initiation of Love |
| Date | 1887 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | photoaquatints (prints) AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) outside the depiction, centre below: Félicien Rops |
| signatures (names) in the depiction, top left: Fély Rops | |
| inscription in the representation, bottom left: DIABOLI / VIRTUS | |
| inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: IN LOMBIS / (St. Augustin.) | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | photoaquatints (prints) AAT |
| Inventory number | 2011-DS |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum 2012 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2011-DS |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6146/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11K2
devils in the form of (fabulous) animals
Iconclass
25F711 insects Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 31A21 (human) skeleton Iconclass 31A211 (human) skull Iconclass 31A221 head (human) Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 42C1 initiation usages for young men Iconclass 42C2 initiation usages for young women Iconclass 49L8 inscription Iconclass |
| School / Style |
realism (artistic form of expression)
AAT
Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
| L' oeuvre gravé et lithographié de Félicien Rops : Tome premier: Catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographié ; Tome second: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé. Première Partie: Études et compositions ; Tome Troisième: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé. Deuxième Partie: Frontispices et illustrations. Troisième Partie: Menus, lettrines, marques et invitations. Quatrième Partie: Planches d'essais ; Tome quatrième: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé. Cinquième Partie: Planches libres. Catalogues des Reproductions: Table Alphabétique des Planches Décrites / Maurice Exsteens. - Paris : Éditions Pellet, 1928 (vol. II, nr. 516) |
| Félicien Rops : Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié ; Tome I. Les lithographies ; Tome II - III: Les eaux-fortes / Eugène Rouir. - Bruxelles : Claude Van Loock, 1987-1992 (vol. II, p. 36 en 37 (ill.) 45) |
| onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 155, cat. 150 (ill.)) |
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