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Mother Grieving over her Dead Child, ca. 1886

  • terracotta (clay material)
  • 29.5 x 13.6 x 23.9 cm
  • Inv. 1997-A

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Artist

George Minne RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1866 - Sint-Martens-Latem 1941
sculptorsAAT

Title Mother Grieving over her Dead Child
Date ca. 1886
Period 19th century
Collection sculpture AAT
Object type terracottas (sculptural works) AAT
Inventory number 1997-A
Acquisition credit purchase
Zenner (verz.)
Bruges
1997
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1997-A
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7016/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A234 squatting, crouching figure Iconclass
31A2422 head turned to the right Iconclass
31A2511 arm raised upward Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA2322 leaning backward - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31AA233 kneeling figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31D112 child Iconclass
31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass
31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass
31D15 adult woman Iconclass
31E death of human being Iconclass
42A3 mother and baby or young child Iconclass
42B12 mother-love Iconclass
42E131 mourning the dead Iconclass
42E132 lamentation (~ burial rites) Iconclass
56BB1 Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) Iconclass
56BB2 Unhappiness; 'Infelicita' (Ripa) Iconclass
56BB22 Misery; 'Miseria mondana' (Ripa) Iconclass
56DD11 Despair; 'Disperatione' (Ripa) 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. 66-67, cat. 4 (ill.))
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