Artworks · James Ensor

The Entry of Christ into Brussels

1898 · Etching with drypoint on copper in black with hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 24.8 × 35.4 cm (9 13/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 42.9 × 55.8 cm (16 15/16 × 22 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hop-Frog's Revenge (La Vengeance de Hop-Frog)

1898 · Etching and drypoint with colored pencil and watercolor additions

plate: 13 3/4 x 9 5/8" (35 x 24.5 cm); sheet: 15 1/2 x 11 3/16" (39.4 x 28.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hop-Frog's Revenge (La Vengeance de Hop-Frog)

1898 · Etching and drypoint

plate: 14 1/2 x 9 13/16" (36.9 x 24.9 cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 12 13/16" (50 x 32.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poster for La Plume

1898 · Lithograph with watercolor additions

composition: 22 1/4 x 14 11/16" (56.5 x 37.3 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 x 17 11/16" (64.9 x 44.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self Portrait with Demons

1898 · Lithograph

composition: 21 1/16 x 14 5/8" (53.5 x 37.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Entrance of Christ into Brussels (L'Entrée du Christ à Bruxelles)

1898 · Etching and drypoint

plate: 9 3/4 x 14" (24.8 x 35.5 cm); sheet: 14 1/8 x 19 11/16" (35.8 x 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Vengeance of Hop-Frog

1898 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Project for a Chapel Dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul

1897 · Graphite, with brush and brown wash, and lead white gouache, on cream wove paper

29.8 × 24.2 cm (11 3/4 × 9 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Napoleon's Farewell

1897 · Etching with drypoint from a copper plate, on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 12.1 × 18.7 cm (4 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 31.2 cm (9 13/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Napoleon's Farewell

1897 · Etching with drypoint on copper in black with hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 12.1 × 18.7 cm (4 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 23.8 × 28.7 cm (9 3/8 × 11 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Menu for Charles Vos

1896 · Etching from a zinc plate, and hand-coloring, on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 15.8 × 10.9 cm (6 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 27.4 × 20.8 cm (10 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death Chasing the Flock of Mortals

1896 · Etching on copper in black on cream wove paper (discolored to tan)

Image: 23.2 × 17.5 cm (9 3/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Plate: 23.7 × 18.1 cm (9 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 29 × 22.1 cm (11 7/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Menu for Charles Vos

1896 · Etching

Plate 6 3/16 x 4 1/4" (15.7 x 10.9 cm) Sheet 11 7/16 x 9 3/8" (29.0 x 23.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Scoundrels

1896 · Etching

Plate 4 3/4 x 3 5/16" (12.0 x 8.4 cm) Sheet 9 1/4 x 6 3/8" (23.5 x 16.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Death Chasing the Flock of Mortals (La Mort poursuivant le troupeau des humains)

1896 · Drypoint and etching

plate: 9 7/16 x 7 13/16" (23.9 x 18.2 cm); sheet: 12 9/16 x 9 3/4" (31.9 x 24.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Bad Doctors

1895 · Etching from a copper plate, in black ink, on cream wove paper

Image: 17 × 24.5 cm (6 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.); Plate: 17.7 × 25.2 cm (7 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 28 × 44 cm (11 1/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Devils Dzitts and Hihanox Leading Christ to Hell

1895 · Etching with drypoint on copper in black on cream wove paper

Image: 13.1 × 17.2 cm (5 3/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Plate: 13.9 × 17.9 cm (5 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 23.8 × 29.4 cm (9 3/8 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Christ and the Beggars

1895 · Etching on copper in black on cream wove paper

Image: 8.8 × 13.6 cm (3 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.); Plate: 9.3 × 14.1 cm (3 11/16 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 14.4 × 19.4 cm (5 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fridolin and Gragapança of Yperdamme

1895 · Etching and drypoint from a copper plate, on cream wove paper

Image: 9.6 × 13.3 cm (3 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Plate: 10.1 × 14 cm (4 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 16 × 24.8 cm (6 5/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Warmth Seeking Skeletons

1895 · Etching on copper in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 13.5 × 9.5 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.); Plate: 13.8 × 10.2 cm (5 7/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 19.8 × 14.2 cm (7 13/16 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Christ Tormented by Demons

1895 · Etching with drypoint and plate tone on copper in black on cream wove paper

Image: 17.2 × 23.5 cm (6 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Plate: 17.9 × 24.2 cm (7 1/16 × 9 9/16 in.); Sheet: 32.4 × 47.4 cm (12 13/16 × 18 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Christ Tormented by Demons

1895 · Etching on copper in black with hand-coloring on cream wove paper (discolored to tan)

Image: 17.3 × 23.6 cm (6 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Plate: 17.9 × 24.3 cm (7 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 35.6 × 47.7 cm (14 1/16 × 18 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Demons Teasing Me

1895 · Etching on copper in black and hand-coloring on buff laid paper

Image: 11.1 × 15.2 cm (4 3/8 × 6 in.); Plate: 11.6 × 15.7 cm (4 5/8 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 15.9 × 20.6 cm (6 5/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

King Pest

1895 · Etching on copper in black with hand-coloring on cream wove paper

Image: 9.5 × 11.7 cm (3 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.); Plate: 10 × 12 cm (3 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 23.6 × 29.5 cm (9 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Demons Teasing Me

1895 · Etching on copper in black on cream wove (simili-Japan) paper

Image: 11.5 × 15.3 cm (4 9/16 × 6 1/16 in.); Plate: 11.8 × 15.7 cm (4 11/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 16.1 × 22.5 cm (6 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Battle of the Golden Spurs

1895 · Etching on copper in black with plate tone on cream wove paper

Image: 17.3 × 23.3 cm (6 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.); Plate: 18 × 24 cm (7 1/8 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 22.5 × 32 cm (8 7/8 × 12 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Rascals

1895 · Etching

plate: 4 x 5 7/16" (10.1 x 13.8 cm); sheet: 6 5/16 x 9 15/16" (16 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Demons Teasing Me

1895 · Etching with watercolor additions

plate: 4 5/8 x 6 1/8" (11.7 x 15.6 cm); sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 3/4" (15 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Christ Descending to Hell

1895 · Etching

Plate 3 1/2 x 5 5/8" (8.9 x 14.3 cm) Sheet 6 1/4 x 9 7/8" (15.8 x 25.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fridolin and Gragapança of Yperdamme

1895 · Etching

Plate 4 x 5 1/2" (10.3 x 14.0 cm) Sheet 6 5/16 x 8 7/8" (16.0 x 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Bad Doctors

1895 · Etching

plate: 6 15/16 x 9 13/16" (17.7 x 25cm); sheet: 8 13/16 x 12 9/16" (22.4 x 31.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Demons Teasing Me

1895 · Etching

Plate 4 5/8 x 6 3/16" (11.7 x 15.7 cm) Sheet 6 5/16 x 9 7/8" (16.0 x 25.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

King Pest (Le Roi Peste)

1895 · Etching

plate: 4 x 4 3/4" (10.2 x 12.1cm); sheet: 6 5/16 x 9 7/8" (16.1 x 25.1cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Battle of the Golden Spurs

1895 · Etching

plate: 7 1/16 x 9 7/16" (17.9 x 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Skeletons Seeking Warmth

1895 · Etching

sheet: 5 1/4 x 3 13/16 in. (13.3 x 9.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Good Judges

1894 · Etching from a zinc plate, on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 17.9 × 23.9 cm (7 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 19.7 × 28.5 cm (7 13/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Good Judges

1894 · Etching; second state of two

plate: 7 x 9 3/8 in. (17.8 x 23.8 cm) sheet: 17 3/8 x 11 in. (44.1 x 27.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Auto-da-Fé

1893 · Etching

Plate 3 3/8 x 4 3/4" (8.7 x 12.2 cm) Sheet 6 5/16 x 9 3/4" (16.0 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Exasperated Soldiers Exchanging Blows

1891 · Colored pencils and black chalk on tan wove paper

12.9 × 19.3 cm (5 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Multiplication of the Fishes

1891 · Etching with touches of drypoint from a copper plate, on cream Japanese paper

Image: 17 × 23 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Plate: 17.9 × 23.7 cm (7 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 28.7 × 39.7 cm (11 5/16 × 15 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Windmill at Slykens

1891 · Etching

plate: 2 3/4 x 4" (7 x 10.2 cm); sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 3/4" (15.9 x 24.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Multiplication of the Fishes (La Multiplication des poissons)

1891 · Etching

plate: 7 1/16 x 9 3/8" (18 x 23.8cm); sheet: 14 1/8 x 18 7/8" (35.8 x 47.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Fallen Angels

1890 · Red chalk with touches of blue chalk, over monotype in brown, on tan laid paper

Image/plate: 24.9 × 30 cm (9 13/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.1 × 34.5 cm (10 11/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Music in the Rue de Flandre, Ostend (La Musique Rue de Flandre, Ostende)

1890 · Etching

plate: 4 13/16 x 3 1/8" (12.2 x 7.9 cm); sheet: 9 x 5 11/16" (22.8 x 14.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Destroying Angel

1889 · Etching with drypoint on copper in black on cream Japanese paper

Image: 11.1 × 15 cm (4 3/8 × 5 15/16 in.); Plate: 11.8 × 15.6 cm (4 11/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 20.5 × 26.9 cm (8 1/8 × 10 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Thunderstorm

1889 · Etching with sulphuring from a copper plate, printed in bistre, on cream wove paper

Image: 7.4 × 11.5 cm (2 15/16 × 4 9/16 in.); Plate: 7.9 × 12 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 14.2 × 20 cm (5 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Ghost

1889 · Etching and sulfur tint, with aquatint and drypoint, on copper in black on cream wove paper

Image: 7.4 × 11.5 cm (2 15/16 × 4 9/16 in.); Plate: 7.9 × 12 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 15.8 × 25 cm (6 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Village Fair at the Windmill

1889 · Etching on copper in black on cream wove paper

Image: 13 × 17.3 cm (5 1/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Plate: 13.7 × 17.8 cm (5 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 23.8 × 29.8 cm (9 3/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago