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 gre
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)