Charles Verlat (1824-1890) and Victor Servranckx (1897-1965) are not usually mentioned in the same breath. The former was an 'académicien', a traditionalist, director of the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts for decades, and specialised in portrait and history painting: biblical, mythological, historical and religious themes. Servranckx, on the other hand, is known as one of the earliest abstract artists in Belgium. And yet: various youthful drawings by Verlat in the MSK collection come from Servranckx's eclectic collection. Although he himself went in a completely different direction, he certainly knew how to appreciate a good drawing, even if it came from a highly conservative artist. Verlat made the drawing during his study years at the Antwerp Academy. It illustrates an important aspect of drawing education at that time, namely drawing from a 'living' model (i.e. male nudes).
| Artist |
Charles Verlat
RKD
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| Title | Study of a Plaster Bacchus Statue |
| Date | 1842 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription top right: 2e concours/5me/Charles Verlat/1842 |
| signatures (names) top left: Verlat | |
| watermarks: J WHATMAN/M/(ch 415) | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
charcoal drawings
AAT
pencil drawings AAT |
| Inventory number | 2018-EJ |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Servranckx-Turcksin, Angelina 2017 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2018-EJ |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7015/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
|---|---|
| Keywords Iconclass |
31A
the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)
Iconclass
31A1 canon, proportions Iconclass 31A14 human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 92L gods of the earth and fertility ~ life in mountains and woods Iconclass 92L1 (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber Iconclass |
| School / Style | academicism AAT |
| 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. 80, cat. 94 (ill.)) |
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