Landscape with the Sacrifice of the Ram by Abraham and Isaac, from the series Emblemata Sacra è praecipuis utriusque testamenti historiis concinnata

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Pieter I van der Borcht (engravers (printmakers))
,
Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje (publisher)

Date

ca. 1582, ca. 1653 - 1654

Periods

16th century, 17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
On a hill above a valley, on the left Abraham and his son Isaac kneel at the altar with the ram sacrificed in Isaac's place. Above them in the smoke is an angel (Gen 22:13).

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Pieter I van der Borcht VIAF RKD Wikidata, Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
Types etching , illustrations AAT
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 187 x 253 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-AAE
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations)
Tags landscapes Iconclass, Old Testament Iconclass, story of Abraham Iconclass, story of Isaac Iconclass, the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22) Iconclass, the ram of the sacrifice ~ sacrifice of Isaac Iconclass, a ram caught in a thicket is sacrificed instead of Isaac Iconclass, ram Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass, farm (building) Iconclass, trees Iconclass, rocks Iconclass, Sacrifice Iconclass, angels Iconclass, fire (one of the four elements) Iconclass, smoke Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAE
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6483/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-AAE
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