Arthub Flanders

Mother Grieving over her Dead Child

Creator:
Minne, George (sculptors)
Period:
n/a
Date:
ca. 1886
Institution:
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent
Type:
sculpturen, sculptures, and sculpture (visual works)
Subtype:
terracotta (beeldhouwwerk), terres cuites (Å“uvres sculpturales), and terracottas (sculptural works)
Material:
terracotta, terrecuite, and terracotta (clay material)
Subject:
figuurvoorstellingen, représentations de personnes, figures (representations), symboliek, symbolique, and symbolism (artistic concept)
Dimensions:
h 29.5 cm
b 13.6 cm
d 23.9 cm
Object number:
1997-A
Description:
n/a
Iconclass:
42A3 mother and baby or young child
42B12 mother-love
31A72 female sex; woman
31D15 adult woman
31D112 child
31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth)
31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth)
31E death of human being
42E131 mourning the dead
56BB1 Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa)
42E132 lamentation (~ burial rites)
56DD11 Despair; 'Disperatione' (Ripa)
56BB2 Unhappiness; 'Infelicita' (Ripa)
56BB22 Misery; 'Miseria mondana' (Ripa)
31AA2322 leaning backward - AA - female human figure
31AA233 kneeling figure - AA - female human figure
31A234 squatting, crouching figure
31A2422 head turned to the right
31A2511 arm raised upward
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