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Christ with the Lame, 1880, ca. 1885 - ca. 1886

  • gouache, charcoal, watercolour, paper, cardboard
  • 467 x 548 mm
  • Inv. 1923-AH

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Already during his study years at the Brussels Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Ensor drew some biblical scenes with black chalk or charcoal on fairly large sheets. Christ and the Cripples" belongs to that series. Around 1885-1886 he reworked the drawing, largely removing the previously shaded areas and playfully heightening them with brushwork. The lighting effect thus created can also be found in Ensor's series "The Auricles of Christ". In addition, also around 1886 he coloured the original figures in bright colours and provided them with ludicrous headgear and attributes. The traditional title of the drawing is confusing because it is essentially about the miraculous healing of the lame man.

Artist

James Ensor RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ostend 1860 - Ostend 1949
draftsmen (artists)AAT

Title Christ with the Lame
Date 1880
ca. 1885 - ca. 1886
Period 19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right: Ensor
initial drawing on the reverse
Collection print room
Object type watercolour AAT
charcoal drawings AAT
gouache AAT
Inventory number 1923-AH
Acquisition credit purchase
Galerie J. & A. Le Roy frères
Brussels
1923-12-01
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1923-AH
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/948/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300056485 fantastic art AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11D Christ Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass
31A231 standing figure Iconclass
31A236 lying figure Iconclass
31A414 paralytic Iconclass
31A415 crippled Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
41A421 curtains Iconclass
46A7 crowd, mob Iconclass
46C1272 (carrying a person on a) litter, stretcher Iconclass
48C524 drawing, sketch Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass
73C4 miracles of Christ ~ healing the sick Iconclass
73C4221 a paralytic is let down through the roof of the house where Christ is preaching Iconclass
School / Style Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
Expressionist (style) AAT
Modernist AAT
phantasy
Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 63)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 18)
Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (cat. 11 (ill. p. 33))
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