Ensor was familiar with masks from childhood, through his parents' souvenir shop. Later, he himself would also collect them. In comparison with his painterly oeuvre, it is striking that the mask theme dominates only two etchings, namely "Scandalized Masks" and "Intrigued Masks" (inv. 1998-B-128). The first print is based on the painting of the same name, which Ensor admittedly dated '1883', but of which the masks are probably a later overpainting (Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium). An enlarged version of the print 'Scandalised masks' was included in the 1922 deluxe edition of Grégoire Le Roy's Ensor monograph.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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VIAF
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| Title | Scandalized Masks |
| Date | 1895 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | title at the top: Masques Scandalisés |
| signature and year bottom left: J. Ensor 95 | |
| signature and year bottom right: James Ensor 1895 | |
| title below: Les masques scandalisés | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: D99 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-99 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-99 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4060/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300056485
fantastic art
AAT
300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A235
sitting figure
Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 41A3211 open door Iconclass 41B34 oil-lamp Iconclass 41D221(FLAT HEAD) head-gear (FLAT HEAD) Iconclass 41D221(POINTED HAT) head-gear (POINTED HAT) Iconclass 41D283 mask Iconclass 52A4 Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass 56E1 Irritation Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
| James Ensor / Grégoire Le Roy. - [s.l.]. - G. Van Oest & Cie, 1922 |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 99) |
| 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. 99) |
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