On the etching 'Fridolin and Gragapança of Yperdamme' we see on the left the art critic Eugène Demolder as Gragapança and on the right James Ensor as Fridolin. For this print two preliminary drawings exist, which must have been made after the publication of Demolder's Les contes d'Yperdamme in 1891. The etching is somewhat more detailed than the drawings. In Ensor's jacket pocket we see an issue of the journal La Libre Critique, presumably the one of 6 January 1895, in which Demolder had written an article about Ensor. The print and the drawings refer to a trip that Ensor and Demolder made to Zeeland around 1895. The print is also related to the engraving of musician's teeth that Jacques Callot published in 1617 in the series Capricci.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | Fridolin and Gragapança of Yperdamme |
| Date | 1895 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription at the top: Fridolin et Gragapança d'Yperdamme. |
| signature and year bottom right: J. Ensor 95 | |
| signature and year bottom right: James Ensor 1895 | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: 29 / LD44 / Fridolin et Gragapança d'Yperdamme / 350. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-95 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-95 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4125/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300056485
fantastic art
AAT
300015637 portraits AAT 300124534 self-portraits AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25H1
landscapes in the temperate zone
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25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 25I5 landscape with tower or castle Iconclass 43C9 dancing Iconclass 44B1524 court jester, court fool Iconclass 44B15241 attributes of court jester Iconclass 47D31 windmill Iconclass 48C513 portrait, self-portrait of painter Iconclass 48C7351 flute, aulos, tibia Iconclass 48C75 making music; musician with instrument Iconclass 48C8421 male dancer Iconclass 48C91 writer, poet, author Iconclass 48C93 portrait of a writer Iconclass 48CC5110 inspiration of the painter - CC - out of doors Iconclass 48CC735 wind instruments - CC - out of doors Iconclass 52A4 Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass 61B2(EUGÈNE DEMOLDER) historical person (EUGÈNE DEMOLDER) Iconclass 61B2(JAMES ENSOR) historical person (JAMES ENSOR) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 94) |
| 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. 95) |
| James Ensor : Universum van een fantast (tentoonstelling Den Haag, Gemeentemuseum, 12.03.2011 - 13.06.2011) / Saskia De Bodt, Doede Hardeman, Herwig Todts. - Antwerpen : Ludion, 2011 ; Den Haag : Gemeentemuseum (Den Haag), 2011 |
| 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. 195, cat. 217 (ill.)) |
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