Why it matters
Two masked skeletons in women's clothes fight with a broom and an umbrella over a hanged body, while masked onlookers watch from the wings. It may show Ensor's critics fighting over him.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1891.
- The hanged body is labelled 'civet', French for hare stew.
- It is in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.
Based on the Wikipedia article Skeletons Fighting over a Hanged Man (CC BY-SA 4.0).
