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The Old ... Rascals, 1895

  • etching, paper
  • 96 x 136 mm
  • Inv. 1998-B-101

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Ensor repeatedly took the seamy side of society as the subject of paintings, drawings and etchings. In the etching "The Old ... Rascals" he openly pokes fun at the hypocrisy of contemporary bourgeois morality. Ensor's views on the old 'rascals' are also evident from the various titles he gave to the etching: Les vieux cochons, La visite des médecins and Les membres du corps académique en quête de beauté moderne. Ensor must have been familiar with the world of prostitution: he spent his youth in the area of Kleine Weststraat, Ostend's red light district.

Artist

James Ensor RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ostend 1860 - Ostend 1949
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Title The Old ... Rascals
Date 1895
Period 19th century
Medium and support etching AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year bottom right: J. Ensor 95
signature and year bottom right: James Ensor 1895
title bottom right: Les vieux cochons
inscription on the reverse: AT
inscription on the reverse: 4 / D101
Collection print room
Object type etching AAT
Inventory number 1998-B-101
Acquisition credit purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.)
1998
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-101
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4138/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300056485 fantastic art AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A21 (human) skeleton Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass
31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass
31D16 old man Iconclass
31D17 old woman Iconclass
31F26 Death as skeleton Iconclass
33C5 prostitution Iconclass
33C52 whore, prostitute Iconclass
33C54 madam (brothel scene) Iconclass
41A2 interior of the house Iconclass
46A13 commoners Iconclass
46A131 bourgeoisie, middle class, citizens, burghers Iconclass
46B42 examining merchandise Iconclass
57 Morality Iconclass
57A Good and Bad Behaviour, Moral Qualities Iconclass
School / Style phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT
Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 101)
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. 101)
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