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Mantelpiece Still Life

Wedding of a couple. Minister in black, bride in red, groom in black with a wall of flowers in red, purple, and yellow behind them. Witnesses look on from the sides.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Brussels

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  • Wedding of a couple. Minister in black, bride in red, groom in black with a wall of flowers in red, purple, and yellow behind them. Witnesses look on from the sides.

Date:

c. 1880–1882

Artist:

James Ensor
Belgian, 1860-1949

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James Ensor

Title

Mantelpiece Still Life

Place

Belgium (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1870–1883

Medium

Black chalk with graphite and touches of black Conté crayon on off-white wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto, upper center, in graphite: "Ensor"

Dimensions

22.4 × 17.1 cm (8 7/8 × 6 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Grant J. Pick Fund and Charles C. Cunningham

Reference Number

1969.23

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Brussels

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