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Study of a Plaster Bacchus Statue, 1842

  • paper, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), charcoal, Conté crayon
  • 625 x 485 mm
  • Inv. 2018-EJ

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Charles Verlat (1824-1890) and Victor Servranckx (1897-1965) are not usually mentioned in the same breath. The former was an 'académicien', a traditionalist, director of the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts for decades, and specialised in portrait and history painting: biblical, mythological, historical and religious themes. Servranckx, on the other hand, is known as one of the earliest abstract artists in Belgium. And yet: various youthful drawings by Verlat in the MSK collection come from Servranckx's eclectic collection. Although he himself went in a completely different direction, he certainly knew how to appreciate a good drawing, even if it came from a highly conservative artist. Verlat made the drawing during his study years at the Antwerp Academy. It illustrates an important aspect of drawing education at that time, namely drawing from a 'living' model (i.e. male nudes).

Artist

Charles Verlat RKD
Antwerp 1824 - Antwerp 1890
draftsmen (artists)AAT

Title Study of a Plaster Bacchus Statue
Date 1842
Period 19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription top right: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">2e concours/5me/Charles Verlat/1842</span></p>
signatures (names) top left: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">Verlat</span></p>
watermarks: <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:9.0pt;">J WHATMAN/M/(ch 415)</span></p>
Collection print room
Object type charcoal drawings AAT
pencil drawings AAT
Inventory number 2018-EJ
Acquisition credit gift
Servranckx-Turcksin, Angelina
2017
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2018-EJ
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7015/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass
31A1 canon, proportions Iconclass
31A14 human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
92L gods of the earth and fertility ~ life in mountains and woods Iconclass
92L1 (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber Iconclass
School / Style academicism AAT
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. 80, cat. 94 (ill.))
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