The print enjoys fame under the generic title 'Vieille tourelle', but actually concerns the artist's view from his residence on Isabellakaai (then Sint-Pieterskaai) in Ghent. The oriel tower on the Muinkschelde dates from the 17th century and was part of the city's bastion walls.
| Artist |
Jules De Bruycker
RKD
VIAF
Wikidata
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|---|---|
| Title | The Guard Tower the 'Peperbus' on Isabellakaai in Ghent |
| Date | 1925 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | title and inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Vieille tourelle Gand [...] état |
| signatures (names) bottom right, outside the depiction: JDBruycker | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2023-FJ |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Stichting Jules de Bruycker Ghent 2023 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2023-FJ |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11866/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015571
cityscapes (representations)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25G3
trees
Iconclass
25H213 river Iconclass 25H217 river bank Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 25I141 street Iconclass 25I146 city-walls Iconclass 25I5 landscape with tower or castle Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 41A361 tower (of house or building) Iconclass 43B13 walking, hiking (recreation) Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 61E(GHENT) names of cities and villages (GHENT) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
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