This work was a response to the artist's rejection by Augusta Boogaerts, who he called "La Sirene." In an etching of the same subject, this work's artist included an advertisement for Colman's Mustard
This work was a response to the artist's rejection by Augusta Boogaerts, who he called "La Sirene." In an etching of the same subject, this work's artist included an advertisement for Colman's Mustard and a banner with the slogan "Noisy Wagner Army." A decorated general appears near a banner proclaiming "Doctrinaire fanfares always succeed." The white-sashed man on the green stage at the right edge is the mayor of the title city. The title figure, a self-portrait of the artist, can be seen riding on a donkey behind a marching band. FTP, name this painting first shown publicly forty years after it was listed in the 1889 exhibition catalogue of Les Vingt [LAY VAHNT]; a James Ensor painting imagining the reaction to Jesus's appearance in a Belgian city.
This work was a response to the artist's rejection by Augusta Boogaerts, who he called "La Sirene.
Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 (accept equivalents like The Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889)