For the etching The Flagellation, Ensor was (probably) inspired by a reproduction of the twelfth-century south portal of the cathedral in Bourges. At the bottom he added a scene of a lashing. At the bottom left are extras in Turkish costume, perhaps Christ's guards.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | The Flagellation |
| Date | 1886 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription on the reverse: Papier d 1702 / D-8. |
| inscription on the reverse: 1702 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-8 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-8 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4000/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11Q7121(PORTAL) parts of church exterior and annexes: portal Iconclass 22C light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 45D313 private soldier Iconclass 48C145 architectural settings in paintings, sculptures, etc. Iconclass 61E(BOURGES) names of cities and villages (BOURGES) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73D351 flagellation by soldiers, Christ usually tied to a column (Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:1) Iconclass 73D82(LANCE) lance ~ instruments of the Passion Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT historicism (theory) 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. 8) |
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