The Healing of a Leper, 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 a landscape with an estuary, on the left is a leper on his knees before Christ, praying for healing. Christ puts his hand on the man's head and heals him. Behind Christ are his apostles and other spectators (Mat 8:1).

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 185 x 246 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-AAX
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags New Testament Iconclass, Christ Iconclass, Christ as adult Iconclass, adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass, miracles of Christ ~ healing the sick Iconclass, Christ healing lepers Iconclass, healing of one leper, who kneels before Christ (Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16) Iconclass, healing of sick person Iconclass, patient, sick person Iconclass, diseases Iconclass, crowd, mob Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, river Iconclass, river mouth, estuary Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, fisherman Iconclass, fishes Iconclass, landscape with tower or castle Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, rocks Iconclass, trees Iconclass, walking-stick, staff, cane Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, kneeling figure Iconclass, head-gear: hat Iconclass, angels Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAX
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6501/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-AAX
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