In Three Veiled Women, George Minne portrays a scene from the Passion of Christ. By limiting his representation to the portrayal of the three mourning women, he does away with the narrative element, choosing instead to focus on the expression of general human sadness. The concept harkens back to the medieval pleurants or mourners. Besides several bronze copies, here are also several plaster and wood versions of his sculpture.
| Artist |
George Minne
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| Title | Three Holy Women at the Tomb |
| Date | ca. 1896 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | gypsum AAT |
| Inventory number | 2016-GK |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2016 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2016-GK |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7495/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11H
saints
Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31B6212 looking downwards Iconclass 31B6214 weeping Iconclass 31B62141 tears Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 41D212 coat, cape Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73E22 the holy women (the three Maries) on their way to or at the tomb, to anoint Christ's body Iconclass 42E131 mourning the dead Iconclass 42E132 lamentation (~ burial rites) Iconclass 42E224 'pleurants' Iconclass 73D772 the death-watch by the holy women Iconclass |
| School / Style | Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
| George Minne en de kunst rond 1900 (Tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 18.09.1982 - 05.12.1982) / Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Albert Alhadeff. - Brussel : Gemeentekrediet, 1982 (p. 126-129, cat. 56-57 (ill. ex. in hout en brons)) |
| 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. 158, cat. 153 (ill.)) |
| Gothic Modern : From Edvard Munch to Käthe Kollwitz (exhibition Helsinki, Ateneum Art Museum, 04.10.2024-26.01.2025 ; Oslo, The National Museum, 28.02-15.06.2025) / Juliet Simpson, Anna-Maria Von Bonsdorff. - [s.l.]. - Hirmer Publishers, [s.a.] ; Helsinki : Finnish National Gallery, 2024 (p. 111) |
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