The Fiery Furnace, 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
Nebuchadnezzar had the three youths Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego thrown into a burning furnace after they refused to worship a golden statue. An angel sent by God kept the youngsters unharmed. Because the fire in the furnace was exceptionally hot, the men who brought the three to the furnace were killed by the blazing flames (Dan. 5:1).

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) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 187 x 257 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-AAT
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , cityscapes (representations)
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, the story of the prophet Daniel; his visions and prophecies Iconclass, the story of the three Hebrews in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3) Iconclass, King Nebuchadnezzar has a golden statue made and erected outside Babylon in the plain of Dura Iconclass, trees: cypress Iconclass, to his astonishment King Nebuchadnezzar sees four men (one of them usually represented as an angel) in the furnace; the king commands them to come forth Iconclass, to his astonishment King Nebuchadnezzar sees four men (one of them usually represented as an angel) in the furnace; the king commands them to come forth Iconclass, fire (one of the four elements) Iconclass, fire (one of the four elements) Iconclass, standing figure Iconclass, lying figure Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, oven ~ kitchen Iconclass, angels Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, king Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAT
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6497/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-AAT
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