The print "The Good Judges" is associated with the controversial court case Coucke and Goethals. Both Flemings were unjustly condemned to death by a French-speaking court in 1860 and executed. It is possible that Ensor's biting satire also found its origin in more autobiographical elements: his father's bankruptcy in 1875, or, very recently at the time, the court case against Ensor's mother in the context of a banal abuse of copyright. In 1892-1893 she stood trial for the illegal reproduction of a painting by the Antwerp painter Jan Van Beers. The etching "The Good Judges" is the mirror image of Ensor's painting of the same name from 1891 (private collection).
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | The Good Judges |
| Date | 1894 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: ENSOR |
| inscription bottom left: MORT AUX VACHES | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: 19 / D.86 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-88 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-88 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4118/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
44C
the citizen and his rights
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44G law and jurisprudence Iconclass 44G111 accusation (in court) Iconclass 44G1111 the accused Iconclass 44G112 judicial verdict Iconclass 44G121 court building Iconclass 44G13 magistracy, judges Iconclass 44G16 lawyer, attorney at law Iconclass 48C5142 picture within picture Iconclass 52A4 Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass 73D6 the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross; Golgotha (Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 86) |
| 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. 88) |
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