The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau, 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
In this river landscape, the foreground shows the reconciliation of Jacob and Esau. To the right behind Esau is his army. On the left are Jacob's wives, children and caravan (Gen 33:1).

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 184 x 242 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-AAM
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, story of Jacob Iconclass, Jacob and Esau are reconciled (Genesis 33) Iconclass, as Esau, usually represented as a soldier, approaches with four hundred men, Jacob divides the children among his wives Iconclass, the meeting between Esau and Jacob Iconclass, trees Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, fortress Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, river Iconclass, sea (seascape) Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, hoofed animals: dromedary Iconclass, sheep Iconclass, herd, flock Iconclass, cattle driving, cattle driver Iconclass, pack-animal Iconclass, rocks Iconclass, ships (in general) Iconclass, boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass, sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass, the soldier; the soldier's life Iconclass, hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAM
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6491/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-AAM
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