In Belgian sculpture in the second half of the nineteenth century, Paul De Vigne represents the classical trend, which was based on the study of the art of classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance. In his own opinion, Immortality was his best work. He made it after the death of his friend, the painter Lieven De Winne. This bronze copy used to be in the museum as the crowning glory of a monument to De Winne. This monument also contained two sculpted portraits that also belonged to the museum: a portrait of De Winne by De Vigne and a portrait of De Vigne by Rodin, with whom he had a friendly relationship in Paris. The monument was created by Xavier Mellery.
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Paul De Vigne
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Fonderie Nationale des Bronzes
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| Title | Immortality |
| Date | ca. 1881 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Brussels TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | seal, stamp on the right-hand side of the base: FONDERIE NATle DES BRONZES / ANCne FIRME J. PETERMANN / St GILLES - BRUXELLES |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | bronze AAT |
| Inventory number | 1903-BBB |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
De Vigne-De Nayere, Aline Ghent 1903 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1903-BBB |
| IIIF Manifest |
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/19/manifest.json
https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7013/manifest.json https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7583/manifest.json |
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symbolism (artistic concept)
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300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT |
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(symbolic) representations ~ creation, cosmos, cosmogony, universe, and life (in the broadest sense)
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25G plants; vegetation Iconclass 25G(+32) plants; vegetation (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming) Iconclass 25G41 flowers Iconclass 31A2421 head turned to the left Iconclass 31A247 looking over the shoulder Iconclass 31A2511 arm raised upward Iconclass 31A252 postures and gestures of arms and hands in relation to each other Iconclass 31A255 postures and gestures of hand and fingers Iconclass 31A25551 index finger upwards Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA27481 turning something, (causing) circular movement - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA277 movement in water - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture Iconclass 48C1634 Corinthian order ~ architecture Iconclass 48C5152 palette Iconclass 58B3 Immortality, Imperishableness; 'Immortalita' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style | historicism (theory) AAT |
| Catalogue du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, publié par les soins de la Commision directrice / Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Albert Dutry, Joseph Casier, Louis Maeterlinck. - Gand : Imprimerie C. Annoot-Braeckman, 1909 ; Gand : Ad. Hoste, 1909 (p. 149) |
| Trente années de lutte pour l'art : 1884-1914 ; Les XX, 1884-1893 ; La Libre Esthétique, 1894-1914 / Madeleine Octave Maus. - Bruxelles : L'Oiseau Bleu, 1926 (p. 30) |
| Paul De Vigne 1843-1901 / Oscar Roelandts. - Gent : Koninklijke Academie van Schoone Kunsten, 1931-1932 (p. 41-43) |
| De Vigne (fam.) (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| Le sculpteur Paul De Vigne 1843-1901 : Etude biographiques et catalogue des oeuvres / Mariette Fransolet. - Bruxelles : Paleis der Academiën, 1960 (p. 68 nr. 53, 196-199, cat. 53) |
| 'De Vigne Paul', in: De 19de-eeuwse Belgische beeldhouwkunst / Jacques Van Lennep. - Brussel : Generale Bank, [s.a.] (p. 354-355) |
| De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 107, 112 (ill.), 172 (ill.)) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 273 (ill. 86)) |
| De vrienden rond het museum : Het Gentse kunstnetwerk in relatie tot de collectieuitbreiding van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (1870-1914) / Julie Landuyt. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 127) |
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