Abimelech and Isaac Swear an Oath to Each Other, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliiorum

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

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

Date

ca. 1582 - 1593, ca. 1653 - 1654

Periods

16th century, 17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Abimelech and Isaac vow not to harm each other. Next to Abimelech are his confidant Ahuzzath and his army superior Phichol. On the right in the background, the king sits at Isaac's table. On the left, Isaac's servants dig the well Seba that gave the later city the name Berseba (Gen 26:28).

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Pieter I van der Borcht VIAF RKD Wikidata, Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
Type etching
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 188 x 244 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-AAH
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, story of Isaac Iconclass, Isaac and Abimelech (Genesis 26:1-33) Iconclass, the treaty with Abimelech, who has come to Beersheba with Phichol and Ahuzzath Iconclass, the feast with Abimelech Iconclass, the well of Beersheba is dug Iconclass, Oath Iconclass, well Iconclass, agricultural implements: spade Iconclass, the soldier; the soldier's life Iconclass, tent Iconclass, trees Iconclass, shrubs Iconclass, landscape with tower or castle Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, king Iconclass, table Iconclass, chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass, country-house - AA - civic architecture: inside Iconclass, rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage Iconclass, farm (building) Iconclass, farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass, boulder, stone Iconclass, dog Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAH
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6486/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-AAH
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