Mors syphilitica (Syphilitic Death)

Public Domain

Artist / maker

Félicien Rops (printmaker)

Period

19th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
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.

More about this work

Features
Artist / maker Félicien Rops VIAF RKD Wikidata
Types drypoint , ink drawing AAT
Category prints (visual works)
Materials ink , paper
Dimensions 223 x 162 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2011-EA
Description
Subjects figures (representations) , symbolism (artistic concept)
Tags skin and venereal diseases: syphilis - AA - epidemic diseases Iconclass, Death as man - FF - Death as female Iconclass, underclothes and nightwear Iconclass, Luxury, Luxuriousness Iconclass, Fastidiousness, Epicurism Iconclass, prostitution Iconclass, whore, prostitute Iconclass, courtesan, hetaera Iconclass, looking sideways Iconclass, agricultural implements: scythe Iconclass, open door Iconclass, Horror, Abhorrence Iconclass, Indecency, Impudence; 'Sfacciatigine' (Ripa) Iconclass, Cruelty, Ferocity; 'Crudelta', 'Ferocita' (Ripa) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2011-EA
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6148/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2011-EA
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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