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The Magic Spell, 1888

  • photoaquatints (prints), soft-ground etchings (process), aquatints (prints), paper
  • 380 x 259 mm
  • Inv. 2011-DW

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Artist

Félicien Rops RKD VIAF Wikidata
Namur 1833 - Corbeil-Essonnes 1898
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Title The Magic Spell
Date 1888
Period 19th century
Medium and support photoaquatints (prints) AAT
soft-ground etchings (process) AAT
aquatints (prints) AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) outside the depiction, centre below: Félicien Rops
inscription in the representation, bottom left: Félicien Rops
inscription in the middle of the book in the depiction: Compendium / Maleficarum / De / Demonialitate / De Viperis / De Venenis
inscription in the depiction, below on a piece of parchment: Sa?a?a?
Collection print room
Object type photoaquatints (prints) AAT
soft-ground etchings (process) AAT
aquatints (prints) AAT
Inventory number 2011-DW
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
2012
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2011-DW
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6119/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 13B witchcraft, sorcery Iconclass
13B423 incantation, magic sentence Iconclass
31A235 sitting figure 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
41A2 interior of the house Iconclass
41A44 (decorated) ceiling Iconclass
48A8 collecting and exhibiting products of the fine arts Iconclass
48A811 art collector Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
L' oeuvre gravé et lithographié de Félicien Rops : Tome premier: Catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographié ; Tome second: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé. Première Partie: Études et compositions ; Tome Troisième: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé. Deuxième Partie: Frontispices et illustrations. Troisième Partie: Menus, lettrines, marques et invitations. Quatrième Partie: Planches d'essais ; Tome quatrième: Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé. Cinquième Partie: Planches libres. Catalogues des Reproductions: Table Alphabétique des Planches Décrites / Maurice Exsteens. - Paris : Éditions Pellet, 1928 (vol. II, nr. 436)
Félicien Rops : Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié ; Tome I. Les lithographies ; Tome II - III: Les eaux-fortes / Eugène Rouir. - Bruxelles : Claude Van Loock, 1987-1992 (vol. III, p. 676-677, nr. 966)
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