The Infernal Cortege

Public Domain

Artist / maker

James Ensor (etchers)

Date

1887

Period

19th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
In this performance, the participants in a merry carnival procession undergo a frightening transformation as they climb the mountain. As Ensor noted on the preparatory drawing (Royal Library Albert I, Print Room, Brussels), they turn into a "hellish militia on their way to the Sabbath". It is in this print that Ensor first introduces the grotesque masked creatures.

More about this work

Features
Artist / maker James Ensor VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type etching
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 210 x 258 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 1998-B-10-2
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, fantastic art
Tags (human) skeleton Iconclass, symbols and personifications of Death Iconclass, symbols of Death Iconclass, death's head, skull (symbol of Death) Iconclass, personifications of Death; 'Morte' (Ripa) Iconclass, Hell (as one of the Four Last Things) Iconclass, hell and purgatory Iconclass, symbols of hell (+ devil(s)) Iconclass, Carnival, Shrovetide (non-liturgical celebration) Iconclass, Imagination; 'Imaginatione' (Ripa) Iconclass, Fantasy, Caprice; 'Capriccio' (Ripa) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-10-2
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4003/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1998-B-10-2
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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