Tigers Disputing a Prey is considered one of the highlights of Belgian animal sculpture. Jacques de Lalaing's study for the sculpture group goes back to the mid-1880s when he was working on a project for a lighting column, exhibited at the Brussels Salon of 1887. At the foot of the mast he then positioned fighting tigers. In contrast to most animalists of the fin de siècle, he did not study the animals in Antwerp Zoo. In order to approach nature as closely as possible, he bought himself a tiger. De Lalaing had his penchant for the exotic in common with his friend Fernand Scribe. Through him, two sculpture groups of De Lalaing were cast by order of the city of Ghent, both of which were placed in the Citadel Park: the River Lys and the Scheldt, and Tigers Disputing a Prey.
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Jacques de Lalaing
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Fonderie Nationale des Bronzes
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| Title | Tigers Disputing a Prey |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Brussels TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names): Jacques de Lalaing |
| seal, stamp at the back, right side of the base: FONDERIE NATle DES BRONZES / ANCne FIRME J. PETERMANN / St GILLES - BRUXELLES | |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | bronze AAT |
| Inventory number | 1910-U |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
de Lalaing, Jacques 1910 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1910-U |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/506/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F
animals
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25F23(TIGER) beasts of prey, predatory animals: tiger Iconclass 25F23(TIGRESS) beasts of prey, predatory animals (TIGRESS) Iconclass 43C39612 fight between animals, e.g. a lion and a bear Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| 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. 162 (ill.)) |
| Jacques De Lalaing (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| Jacques De Lalaing / Liesbeth Bobbelijn, Charlotte Standaert. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| Wandelgids : MSK in Gent / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2022 (p. 13) |
| Walking guide : MSK in Ghent / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2022 |
| Guide de promenade : MSK à Gand / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts Gand, 2022 |
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