In memory of the French-speaking Ghent poet Georges Rodenbach, who died in 1898, George Minne designed a commemorative monument by order of the Société des Artistes et Ecrivains Français. The Rodenbach memorial initially bore the title Bruges-la-Morte, after the poet's novel of the same name. The final version can be found in the Great Beguinage in Ghent. The design shown here is a reduction of the plaster design from 1899, which is also in the possession of the MSK Gent (inv. 1982-M). It shows a reclining female figure who seems slowly to be rising above the earth in which she lies. The modesty and the simplified, purified language of form are in keeping with The Fountain with Kneeling Youths (inv. 1982-E).
Artist |
George Minne
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Title | Final Model for the Georges Rodenbach Memorial (reduction) |
Date | ca. 1899 |
Period | 19th century |
Medium and support | patination AAT |
Collection | sculpture AAT |
Object type | gypsum AAT |
Inventory number | 2009-E |
Acquisition credit |
purchase
Colaes, Mireille Durbuy 2009 |
Current whereabouts | Work on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2009-E |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/5826/manifest.json |
Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
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300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT |
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Keywords Iconclass |
31A242
head turned sideways
Iconclass
31A2531 hand(s) bent towards the head Iconclass 31AA236 lying figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31F symbols and personifications of Death Iconclass 31F1 symbols of Death Iconclass 31FF23 Death as man - FF - Death as female Iconclass 41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung' Iconclass 42E3 grave, tomb and other grave-forms and grave-markers Iconclass 42E36 other memorial structures Iconclass 51L51 Resurrection; 'Ressurrettione' (Ripa) Iconclass 61B2(RODENBACH, Georges) historical person (RODENBACH, Georges) Iconclass 83(RODENBACH, Bruges la morte) (scenes from) specific works of literature (RODENBACH, Bruges la morte) Iconclass |
School / Style | Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
George Minne en de kunst rond 1900 (Tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 18.09.1982 - 05.12.1982) / Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Albert Alhadeff. - Brussel : Gemeentekrediet, 1982 (p. 170, cat. 104 (ill.)) |
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