In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the winning of a medal at an exhibition or a decoration in an official order invariably led to the staging of grand banquets, just like anniversaries and other festive events. At these dinners much attention was paid to the menus, and they were regularly illuminated in etching or lithography by artists who were friends. Two such menus by Ensor are known: "The menu for Charles Vos" and "The menu for Ernest Rousseau". Ensor made the first menu on the occasion of the festive inauguration of the 'Vos-Hall', the gallery and auction room that Ensor's friend Charles Vos opened in Brussels on 26 December 1896. "The menu for Ernest Rousseau" was made by Ensor on the occasion of the wedding of Ernest Rousseau Jr.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | Menu for Ernest Rousseau |
| Date | 1896 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: J. Ensor |
| signature and year bottom right: James Ensor 1896 | |
| inscription centre: Menu / Huîtres de Zélande / Potage Bisque d'écrevisses / Petites Caisses à la Reine / Filet de boeuf à la Clamart / Poulardes à la Financière / Selle de chevreuil sauce poivrade / Céleris aus Jus / Perdraux rôtis. Compote / Aspics de foie gras / Glace / Fruits.Dessert / 10 novembre 1896 | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT / AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: bX [of R] l / Collection Ernst Rousseau. / après [...] / sbl / [...] / 2 menus Ernst Rousseau. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-109-1 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-109-1 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4146/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
24A
sun as celestial body
Iconclass
24D stars Iconclass 25F animals Iconclass 25F2 mammals Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 33C8 amorousness, desire Iconclass 42D3 marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium' Iconclass 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 47I242 bee-hive Iconclass 61B historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life) Iconclass 61B2(ERNEST ROUSSEAU) historical person (ERNEST ROUSSEAU) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
realism (artistic form of expression)
AAT
phantasy satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 109) |
| 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. 109) |
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