Details

Title

Lust (La Luxure), from the Deadly Sins (Les Péchés Capitaux) series

Artist/Maker

James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949)

Date

1902

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

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Credit

Purchase with funds from the Lawrence and Alfred Fox Foundation for the Ralph K. Uhry Collection

Accession #

72.8 D

Location

Currently not on view

A young man, half hidden, seems to be crawling onto a bed toward a large woman, her face turned aside and her swollen belly and breasts exposed. Old Man Time threatens the couple with his scythe while an airborne goblin looks on. Ensor’s lines here are delicate and sparse, creating an image full of lightness and youth.