Jacob puts peeled branches in the sheep's drinking troughs, 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
Jacob puts peeled branches in the sheep's watering troughs to ensure that the white sheep would give birth to spotted cubs. In doing so, he deceives Laban who has agreed with him that he will receive all the spotted animals as wages (Gen 30:37).

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 185 x 243 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-AAJ
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, story of Jacob Iconclass, the partnership with Laban ~ story of Jacob (Genesis 30:25-43) Iconclass, Jacob puts peeled rods in the animals' drinking troughs to make the beasts bear spotted young Iconclass, well Iconclass, giving drink Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, herd, flock Iconclass, cattle driving, cattle driver Iconclass, sheep Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAJ
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6488/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-AAJ
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