Ensor repeatedly took the seamy side of society as the subject of paintings, drawings and etchings. In the etching "The Old ... Rascals" he openly pokes fun at the hypocrisy of contemporary bourgeois morality. Ensor's views on the old 'rascals' are also evident from the various titles he gave to the etching: Les vieux cochons, La visite des médecins and Les membres du corps académique en quête de beauté moderne. Ensor must have been familiar with the world of prostitution: he spent his youth in the area of Kleine Weststraat, Ostend's red light district.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | The Old ... Rascals |
| Date | 1895 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: J. Ensor 95 |
| signature and year bottom right: James Ensor 1895 | |
| title bottom right: Les vieux cochons | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: 4 / D101 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-101 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-101 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4138/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A21
(human) skeleton
Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 31D16 old man Iconclass 31D17 old woman Iconclass 31F26 Death as skeleton Iconclass 33C5 prostitution Iconclass 33C52 whore, prostitute Iconclass 33C54 madam (brothel scene) Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 46A13 commoners Iconclass 46A131 bourgeoisie, middle class, citizens, burghers Iconclass 46B42 examining merchandise Iconclass 57 Morality Iconclass 57A Good and Bad Behaviour, Moral Qualities Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 101) |
| 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. 101) |
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