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The Sphinx, circa 1881 - circa 1886

  • terracotta (clay material)
  • 66 x 33.5 x 30.5 cm
  • Inv. 2025-J

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Artist

Charles Van der Stappen RKD
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode 1843 - Brussels 1910
sculptorsAAT

Title The Sphinx
Date circa 1881 - circa 1886
Period 19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings commission on the base: à mon ami Ch. Buls Ch. Vanderstappen 1886
Collection sculpture AAT
Object type terracottas (sculptural works) AAT
Inventory number 2025-J
Acquisition credit long-term loan
Privéverzameling
2025
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2025-J
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/12011/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A45231 sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa) Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass
31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass
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. 153, cat. 148 (ill.))
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