The figure depicted in the etching "The Sleeper" is Ensor's aunt Mimi Haegheman, sister of the artist's mother. She was unmarried and often spent the winters with the Ensor family. In the summer she stayed in Blankenberge, where, like her sister, she ran a souvenir shop. The print is reminiscent of the chalk drawing "Sister and Aunt of the Artist in Profile", created between 1880 and 1885 (private collection), in which Ensor depicted his aunt in an identical pose.
| Artist |
James Ensor
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| Title | The Sleeper |
| Date | 1887 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription on the reverse: D.15 |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-15 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-15 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4008/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A72
female sex; woman
Iconclass
31AA236 lying figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31B1 sleeping; unconsciousness Iconclass 31B11 sleeping in bed Iconclass 31D17 old woman Iconclass 61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman Iconclass 61BB2(MIMI HAEGHEMAN) historical person (MIMI HAEGHEMAN) - BB - woman Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| 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. 15) |
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