| Artist |
Juliaan Dillens
RKD
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Fonderie Nationale des Bronzes
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| Title | The Enigma |
| Date | 1875 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Brussels TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year on left-hand side of plinth: JULIEN DILLENS 1875 |
| inscription on the front of the plinth: een Raadsel (sphinx) | |
| inscription at the back, on the plinth: MEDEE HECUBE | |
| inscription on the base next to the left foot | |
| studio stamp on the back, right on the plinth: COMPie DES BRONZES / CIRE / PERDUE / BRUXELLES | |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | bronze AAT |
| Inventory number | 1906-FF |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
salon Ghent 1906 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1906-FF |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/425/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
10
(symbolic) representations ~ creation, cosmos, cosmogony, universe, and life (in the broadest sense)
Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA232 leaning figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA2421 head turned to the left - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 43C59 puzzle, riddle, conundrum, enigma Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) 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. 151) |
| Julien Dillens (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| 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, 108 (ill.), 175 (ill.)) |
| Ensor tot Bosch : naar een vlaamsekunstcollectie (tentoonstelling Brussel, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, 15 juni 2005 - 11 september 2005) / Till-Holger Borchert, Dorine Cardyn-Oomen, Bruno Fornari, Peter Carpreau, Dominiek Dendooven, Johan De Smet. - Leuven : Davidsfonds, 2005 ; Brussel : Mercatorfonds, 2005 ; Brussel : BOZAR BOOKS, 2005 (p. 128) |
| 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. 183, cat. 184 (ill.)) |
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