Arthub Flanders

Old Lady with Masks

Creator:
Ensor, James (painters (artists))
Period:
n/a
Date:
1889
Institution:
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent
Type:
schilderingen, peintures, paintings (visual works), and Decretaal beschermd topstuk
Subtype:
olieverfschilderijen, peintures à l'huile, and oil paintings (visual works)
Material:
olieverf, peinture à l'huile, oil paint, doek, toile, and canvas
Subject:
fantastische kunst, art fantastique, fantastic art, portretten, portraits, portraits, figuurvoorstellingen, représentations de personnes, and figures (representations)
Dimensions:
h 55 cm
b 46.6 cm
Object number:
1969-B
Description:
Oude dame met maskers is geschilderd op het hoogtepunt van James Ensors zogeheten fantastische periode, ook wel zijn maskerperiode genoemd. Oorspronkelijk voerde de kunstenaar het portret in opdracht uit. Nadat het schilderij werd geweigerd, toverde Ensor het om tot een overvolle maskerade waarin de korte perspectief en de opeenstapeling van figuren de dramatische spanning versterken. De geportretteerde is misschien Neel Doff, de Nederlandse dichteres en publiciste. De zachte uitstraling van de oudere dame contrasteert fel met de grimmige maskers en het sinistere doodshoofd die zich rond haar verdringen. Het agressieve, contrastrijke koloriet van felle roden en groenen beklemtonen het dreigende karakter van de spottende maskers.
Iconclass:
61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman
61B11 anonymous historical person portrayed
61B111 anonymous historical person portrayed alone
61B113 anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait
31D15 adult woman
13D2 transformation, metamorphosis of person
31A511111 distortion
31AA511111 distortion - AA - (for) women
31D17 old woman
31A211 (human) skull
31F11 death's head, skull (symbol of Death)
41D283 mask
41D2421 masquerade, masked ball
61BB2(NEEL DOFF) historical person (NEEL DOFF) - BB - woman
57BB2 Mockery, Derision, Irreverence; 'Derisione', 'Dispreggio della Virtu' (Ripa)
33B aggressive relationships, enmity, animosity
53C22 Menace, Intimidation; 'Minaccie' (Ripa)
33B14 threatening behaviour, challenging
25G41 flowers
25F9 mis-shapen animals; monsters
31A42 human beings (legendary or not) of abnormal proportions, size, strength, etc.
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