Jacob has the stone taken away from the well, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum

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
Jacob has the men of the nearby town of Haran remove the stone from the well. This allows Rachel, Laban's daughter, to make her father's flock drink. On the left, Rachel arrives with the flock (Gen 29:10).

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 186 x 244 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-AAI
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, story of Jacob Iconclass, Jacob moves the stone which covers the opening of the well and waters Rachel's sheep Iconclass, Jacob sees Rachel coming to the well to water Laban's sheep Iconclass, Jacob at the well of Haran (Genesis 29:1-13) Iconclass, well Iconclass, herd, flock Iconclass, cattle driving, cattle driver Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, giving drink Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, river Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage Iconclass, country-house - AA - civic architecture: inside Iconclass, farm (building) Iconclass, farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass, trees Iconclass, shrubs Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, boulder, stone Iconclass, clothes, costume Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAI
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6487/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-AAI
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