Apart from a biblical context, the motif of the dream only appeared more frequently in the visual arts from the early Romantic period onwards. Artists such as Füssli, Goya and also Ensor's contemporary Max Klinger frequently dealt with the theme. In the print "The Terrible Archer", a sleeping man is threatened in a nightmare by terrifying creatures. The threat is also reflected in the physiognomy of the man lying down: one eye hangs out of his eye socket, his arms have been turned into crab claws.
| Artist |
James Ensor
RKD
VIAF
Wikidata
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| Title | The Terrible Archer |
| Date | 1888 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Ensor |
| signature and year bottom right: James Ensor 1888 | |
| title bottom right: L'archer terrible | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: D 36 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-36 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-36 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4042/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F9
mis-shapen animals; monsters
Iconclass
31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A4528 monsters ~ flying mammals Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31B1 sleeping; unconsciousness Iconclass 31B11 sleeping in bed Iconclass 31B3 dream Iconclass 31D16 old man Iconclass 33B14 threatening behaviour, challenging Iconclass 43C421 shooting with bow and arrow, archery (~ games of skill) Iconclass 45C15(ARROW) archer's weapons: arrow Iconclass 45C15(BOW AND ARROW) archer's weapons: bow and arrow Iconclass 45C15(BOW) archer's weapons: bow Iconclass 52A4 Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass 56DD1 Fear, Dread; 'Paura', 'Timidita o Timore', 'Timore' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| 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. 36) |
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