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Mors syphilitica (Syphilitic Death)

  • drypoint, ink, paper
  • 223 x 162 mm
  • Inv. 2011-EA

Public Domain

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Rops engraved "Mors syphilitica" symbolised by a horrible and only half-emaciated woman. She leans her shoulder against a door behind which she must be watching for a dying debauchee. With her mouth gaping, she raises a defiant look to the sky... Behind her, we can see the edge of the scythe.

Artist

Félicien Rops RKD VIAF Wikidata
Namur 1833 - Corbeil-Essonnes 1898
printmakerAAT

Title Mors syphilitica (Syphilitic Death)
Period 19th century
Medium and support drypoint AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings monogram outside the depiction, centre below: FR
collector's stamp bottom right, outside the depiction: i :P :H :.
Collection print room
Object type drypoint AAT
ink drawing
Inventory number 2011-EA
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
2012
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2011-EA
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6148/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31AA4624(SYPHILIS) skin and venereal diseases: syphilis - AA - epidemic diseases Iconclass
31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass
31FF23 Death as man - FF - Death as female Iconclass
33C5 prostitution Iconclass
33C52 whore, prostitute Iconclass
33C521 courtesan, hetaera Iconclass
41A3211 open door Iconclass
41D25 underclothes and nightwear Iconclass
47I15(SCYTHE) agricultural implements: scythe Iconclass
55B2 Luxury, Luxuriousness Iconclass
56B41 Fastidiousness, Epicurism Iconclass
56DD34 Horror, Abhorrence Iconclass
57AA5 Indecency, Impudence; 'Sfacciatigine' (Ripa) Iconclass
57AA91 Cruelty, Ferocity; 'Crudelta', 'Ferocita' (Ripa) Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
Symbolism (artistic concept) 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. 353)
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. 550, nr. 818)
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