| Artist |
James Ensor
RKD
VIAF
Wikidata
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| Title | Daniel in the Lion's Den |
| Date | ca. 1885 - ca. 1886 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
pencil drawings
AAT
charcoal drawings AAT |
| Inventory number | 2000-G |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 2000 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2000-G |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4786/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F23(LION)
beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion
Iconclass
25F23(LIONESS) beasts of prey, predatory animals (LIONESS) Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A2628 sitting with side of the foot of one leg placed on the knee of the other Iconclass 33B14 threatening behaviour, challenging Iconclass 53C22 Menace, Intimidation; 'Minaccie' (Ripa) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71P3 Daniel and King Darius (Daniel 6) Iconclass 71P34 Daniel's punishment and liberation: Daniel in the lion's den ~ King Darius Iconclass 71P4332 Daniel is thrown into a lion's den ~ King Cyrus Iconclass 71P4333 the prophet Habakkuk, carried by his hair by an angel, brings food to Daniel who sits unharmed between the lions Iconclass 98B(DARIUS) (story of) Darius, king of Persia Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT historicism (theory) AAT |
| James Ensor, Occasional Modernist : Ensor's artistic and social ideas and the interpretation of his art / Herwig Todts. - Turnhout : Brepols, 2018 (p. 350 (ill. 136)) |
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