This painting is in the possession of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and is part of the official inventory of Flemish masterpieces.

The sharp contrast that is created through the use of pure colours on white canvas is a follow-up on French impressionist traditions.

[3] This painting might still be considered as a realistic picture because of its few references to accurate depiction of the outside world, for instance the colour of the sky.

[4] Although Ensor is often categorised along with Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch as an expressionist artist, with The Intrigue he manifests his inclinations towards the path of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Brueghel the elder in drawing and creating bizarre images.

It depicts his sister's marriage with a Chinese art dealer from Berlin that caused a scandal in Ensor's hometown.