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Three Holy Women at the Tomb, ca. 1896

  • gypsum
  • 61.7 x 47 x 28.5 cm
  • Inv. 2016-GK

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In Three Veiled Women, George Minne portrays a scene from the Passion of Christ. By limiting his representation to the portrayal of the three mourning women, he does away with the narrative element, choosing instead to focus on the expression of general human sadness. The concept harkens back to the medieval pleurants or mourners. Besides several bronze copies, here are also several plaster and wood versions of his sculpture.

Artist

George Minne RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1866 - Sint-Martens-Latem 1941
sculptorsAAT

Title Three Holy Women at the Tomb
Date ca. 1896
Period 19th century
Collection sculpture AAT
Object type gypsum AAT
Inventory number 2016-GK
Acquisition credit
onbekend
2016
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2016-GK
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7495/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11H saints Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31B6212 looking downwards Iconclass
31B6214 weeping Iconclass
31B62141 tears Iconclass
31D15 adult woman Iconclass
41D212 coat, cape Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
73E22 the holy women (the three Maries) on their way to or at the tomb, to anoint Christ's body Iconclass
42E131 mourning the dead Iconclass
42E132 lamentation (~ burial rites) Iconclass
42E224 'pleurants' Iconclass
73D772 the death-watch by the holy women 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. 126-129, cat. 56-57 (ill. ex. in hout en brons))
onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 158, cat. 153 (ill.))
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