Ensor published the series "The Seven Deadly Sins" in 1904 in the form of an album, with a preface by his friend Eugène Demolder. The series of prints was not made in one go. From 1888 dates "Lust". In 1902 and 1904, the other prints were added. There are preliminary studies in coloured chalk for all the etchings. These drawings are mirror images of the prints, except for "Lust", which was probably made after the etching of 1888. Ensor repeatedly coloured "The Seven Deadly Sins". He told Demolder that the album gave him great satisfaction, but that he particularly preferred the heightened prints.
| Artist |
James Ensor
RKD
VIAF
Wikidata
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| Title | The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death |
| Date | 1904 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support |
etching
AAT
heightened |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Ensor |
| signatures (names) bottom right: James Ensor | |
| inscription at the top: Frontispice pour les "Sept péchés capitaux" | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: 60 / D.126 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-126 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-126 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4167/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11N3
the Seven Deadly Sins (personified)
Iconclass
25F3 birds Iconclass 31A21 (human) skeleton Iconclass 31A211 (human) skull Iconclass 31B1 sleeping; unconsciousness Iconclass 31F symbols and personifications of Death Iconclass 31F1 symbols of Death Iconclass 31F2 personifications of Death; 'Morte' (Ripa) Iconclass 31F23 Death as man Iconclass 31F26 Death as skeleton Iconclass 31F27 Death as devilish being Iconclass 52A4 Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52A44 Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 126) |
| 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. 126) |
| Feast of Fools : Bruegel herontdekt = Bruegel rediscovered (tentoonstelling Gaasbeek, Kasteel van Gaasbeek, 07.04.2019 - 28.07.2019) / Hans Devisscher, Marieke Debeuckelaere, Leen Huet, Luc Vanackere, Peter Verhelst, Luk Lambrecht, Lieze Eneman. - Gaasbeek : Kasteel van Gaasbeek, 2019 ; Gent : Snoeck, 2019 (p. 98-101) |
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