Arthub Flanders

Orpheus

Creator:
Verbanck, Geo (sculptors)
Period:
n/a
Date:
1910
Institution:
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent
Type:
sculpturen, sculptures, and sculpture (visual works)
Subtype:
hout, bois, and wood
Material:
hout, bois, wood, hout, bois, and wood
Subject:
mythologie, mythologie, and mythologies (religious concept)
Dimensions:
h 65.5 cm
b 24.5 cm
d 20.7 cm
Object number:
1910-AK
Description:
In 1909 kandideerde Geo Verbanck voor de Prijs van Rome voor beeldhouwkunst. De opdracht luidde: “Orpheus, figuur uit de Grieksche godenleer, dichter, goddelijke zanger, verrukte en bekoorde door de betooverende toonen zijner lier tot zelfs de gevoellooze wezens.” Verbanck behaalde de Tweede Prijs. Korte tijd later bestelde de stad Gent deze verkleinde houten uitvoering bij de kunstenaar.
Iconclass:
94O (story of) Orpheus
94O8(LYRE) attributes of Orpheus (LYRE)
48C7 music
48C75 making music; musician with instrument
48C732 string instruments (plucked)
48C7321 lyre, cithara, psaltery
31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)
31A231 standing figure
31B6213 looking sideways
32A22 thin (human type)
25F23(PANTHER) beasts of prey, predatory animals: panther
92 gods ~ classical mythology
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