In March 1899 James Ensor, together with Edmond Verstraeten, was honoured with an exhibition of his etchings in the Cercle Artistique et Littéraire in Brussels. On the occasion of this exhibition, Ensor's friend Eugène Demolder wrote an article in La Revue des beaux-arts et des lettres, in which the print was published for the first time. Through this print, Ensor hoped to introduce his masterpiece "The Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889" (Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum) to a wider audience. The print is a fairly accurate copy of the painting. The large banner with the inscription "Vive la sociale" is just missing. In the crowd, however, one notices more inscriptions than in the painting. Most of them were copied from the large drawing "The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem" (inv. 1963-E).
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | The Entry of Christ into Brussels |
| Date | 1898 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Brussels TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: J. Ensor |
| signatures (names) bottom right: James Ensor | |
| inscription: VIVE / JESUS / ET LES REFORMES / COLMAN MUSTART / VIVE DENEYN / MOUVEMENT FLAMAND / LES VIVISECTEURS BELGES INSENSIBLES / LES XX / FANFARES / DOCTRINAIRES / TOUJOURS / REUSSI / LES CHARCUTIERS / DE JERUSALEM / SALUT JESUS / ROI DE / BRUXELLES / PHALANGE / WAGNER / FRACASSANT / LA / SAMARIE / RECONNAISSANTE / VIVE ANSEELE / ET JESUS | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT / AT / AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: 67 / P. 2 3 [...] / [...] B/A [...] / OOA / James Ensor / 59949 / 14 [...] | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-114-1 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-114-1 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4154/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass 12A7 the Jews, Jewish life Iconclass 22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C3114 rays as nimbus Iconclass 24A sun as celestial body Iconclass 24A8 sunlight Iconclass 24A81 sunbeams Iconclass 31A21 (human) skeleton Iconclass 31A211 (human) skull Iconclass 31F26 Death as skeleton Iconclass 41A housing Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 41C663 mustard Iconclass 41D2421 masquerade, masked ball Iconclass 41D283 mask Iconclass 43A(+2) festivities (+ parade, pageant, cavalcade ~ festive activities) Iconclass 44A311 standard-bearer, flag-bearer Iconclass 44B113 king Iconclass 44C34 politician, e.g. party leader Iconclass 44G22 police Iconclass 45D313 private soldier Iconclass 46A7 crowd, mob Iconclass 47B1814 butcher, slaughterman Iconclass 48A9851 ribbon, scroll, banderole ~ ornament Iconclass 48C71 composer Iconclass 48CC75614 brass band, street band - CC - out of doors Iconclass 54DD311 Waiting, Watching Iconclass 61B2((EDWARD ANSEELE) historical person ((EDWARD ANSEELE) Iconclass 61B2(WAGNER, Richard) historical person (WAGNER, Richard) Iconclass 61D(SAMARIA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (SAMARIA) Iconclass 61E(BRUSSELS) names of cities and villages (BRUSSELS) Iconclass 61E(JERUSALEM) names of cities and villages (JERUSALEM) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73D Passion of Christ Iconclass 73D14 entry into Jerusalem: people spreading their clothes before Christ on the ass, and waving palm branches (Matthew 21:1-11, 21:14-16; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
historicism (theory) AAT satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 114) |
| James Ensor : Catalogue illustré de ses gravures ; Leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques = Geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn gravures ; Hun kritische beschrijving en inventaris van de platen = Illustrated catalogue of his engravings ; Their critical description and inventary of the plates / Auguste Taevernier. - Ledeberg (Gent) : Erasmus Boekhandel bv Amsterdam, 1973 (nr. 114) |
| Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (p. 34, cat. 13 (ill.)) |
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