Christ Chooses His Apostles, 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
In a mountainous landscape with a river, Christ stands in the foreground with the apostles. He gives them the power to cast out unclean spirits and cure every disease and malady. Then they are sent out on it in pairs. This is depicted left and right in the background (Mat 10:1).

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 183 x 245 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-AAZ
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, Christ as teacher (part I): explaining his doctrine; teaching ~ parables and proverbs Iconclass, Christ and his twelve apostles: calling, mission and Transfiguration Iconclass, calling of the apostles Iconclass, mission of the apostles Iconclass, Christ sends apostles out in pairs (Matthew 10:1-16; Mark 6:7-11; Luke 9:1-5) Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, river Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, dale, valley Iconclass, trees Iconclass, rocks Iconclass, boulder, stone Iconclass, farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass, farm (building) Iconclass, village Iconclass, prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, ships (in general) Iconclass, boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass, sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAZ
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6503/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-AAZ
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