The print "Wizards in a Squall" is one of the highlights of Ensor's fantastical imagery. In a flying storm, a huge, strange witch gives birth to monstrous naked witches in quick succession. In a certain sense the etching can be seen as the sequel to the print "The Infernal Cortege", in which Ensor depicted similar witches in a parade (inv. 1998-B-10).
| Artist |
James Ensor
RKD
VIAF
Wikidata
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| Title | Wizards in a Squall |
| Date | 1888 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support |
etching
AAT
heightened |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Ensor |
| signature and year bottom right: James Ensor 1888. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-52 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-52 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4063/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300056485
fantastic art
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
13B
witchcraft, sorcery
Iconclass
13B1 witch, sorceress Iconclass 13B3 witches' sabbath, i.e. ceremonial gathering of witches and/or sorcerers Iconclass 13B3131 flying on broomstick, pitchfork, trident ~ witches' sabbath Iconclass 24A sun as celestial body Iconclass 24F firmament, sky Iconclass 25F9 mis-shapen animals; monsters Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 26C winds Iconclass 26C3 storm Iconclass 31A27412 throwing down something Iconclass 31A62 defecation Iconclass 31A621 flatulence Iconclass 52A4 Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (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. 52) |
| James Ensor : Schrecken ohne Ende (Ausstellung Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, 12. Oktober 2008 - 8. februar 2009) / Gerhard Finckh, Joachim Heusinger von Waldegg, Herwig Todts, Norbert Hostyn. - Wuppertal : Von der Heydt-Museum, 2008 |
| The Power of the Avant-Garde : Now and Then (exhibition Brussels, BOZAR, 29.09.2016 - 22.01.2017 ; Krakow, National Museum, 09.03 - 28.05.2017) / Ulrich Bischoff, Katarina Lozo, Javier Arnaldo, Kurt De Boodt, Paul Dujardin. - Tielt : Lannoo Publishers, 2016 (p. 65, cat. 013) |
| onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 43, cat. 49 (ill.)) |
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