Gluttony (La Gourmandise), from the Deadly Sins (Les Péchés Capitaux) series
James Ensor
Belgian, 1860–1949
Details
Title
Gluttony (La Gourmandise), from the Deadly Sins (Les Péchés Capitaux) series
Artist/Maker
James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949)
Date
1904
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
6 5/16" x 9 7/8"
Credit
Purchase with funds from the Lawrence and Alfred Fox Foundation for the Ralph K. Uhry Collection
Accession #
72.8 F
On View
Currently not on view
Despite the two men at the table throwing up their food, a decapitated head lying on a plate, and Death carrying in the next course, the scene is filled with an amusing joviality. A painting hanging on the dining room wall of pigs being slaughtered obliquely suggests that the two gluttons deserve the same fate.
