Arthub Flanders

The Supreme Vice

Creator:
Rops, Félicien (printmaker)
Period:
n/a
Date:
1884
Institution:
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent
Type:
prenten, estampes, and prints (visual works)
Subtype:
heliogravure, héliogravure, and photoaquatints (prints)
Material:
papier, papier, and paper
Subject:
symboliek, symbolique, and symbolism (artistic concept)
Dimensions:
n/a
Object number:
2011-DI
Description:
Deze plaat is in werkelijkheid een heliogravure Evely naar een tekening van Félicien Rops. De prent diende als frontispice voor de roman van Joséphin Péladan : Le vice suprême. Het illustreert het thema van het epos opgesteld door deze schrijver: het einde van de Latijnse rassen (Finis Latinorum).
Iconclass:
61B2(PÉLADAN, Joséphin) historical person (PÉLADAN, Joséphin)
83(PÉLADAN, L’Ethopée) (scenes from) specific works of literature (PÉLADAN, L’Ethopée)
55B2 Luxury, Luxuriousness
56B41 Fastidiousness, Epicurism
41D131 dandy, beau
31F1 symbols of Death
31F11 death's head, skull (symbol of Death)
31FF23 Death as man - FF - Death as female
31F26 Death as skeleton
42E141 coffin
43A4313 'Trionfo della Morte', 'Triumphus Mortis'; 'Carro della morte' (Ripa)
96C(ROMULUS) (story of) Romulus and Remus
25F23(WOLF) beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf
25F3 birds
25F33 predatory birds
41C1191 starvation, famine
61E(ROME) names of cities and villages (ROME)
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