Ger Ladage
Desire
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
Ger Ladage, or Gerlwh as he signed his name, was a theosophist who believed in the presence of an astral body (also called a soul body). This semi-transparent, spiritualised form around a person also appeared in images at the time. The contrasting colours, the transparent blow molds and the jerky contours in this watercolour evoke such an aura. In addition, there may be influences from Gerlwh’s profession as a decorator
and stained-glass designer.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-T-2019-87
What it shows
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
