Christ Answering the Disciples of John the Baptist, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum

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Artist(s) / maker(s)

Pieter I van der Borcht (etchers)

,

Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje (publisher)

Date

circa 1582 - 1593

Periods

16th century , 17th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent

On the left, John the Baptist is in prison. John hears about Christ's appearance there and sends two of his disciples to him asking if he is the messiah (Mat 11:2). Christ is at the centre of the river landscape, with a large group of listeners on the right.

Public Domain

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Artist(s) / maker(s)	Pieter I van der Borcht VIAF RKD Wikidata , Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
Type	etching AAT
Category	prints (visual works) AAT
Material	ets op papier paper
Dimensions	184 x 244 mm
Location	Work currently not on display
Object number	2013-ABA

Description

Subjects

religious symbolism , figures (representations) , landscapes

Tags

New Testament Iconclass , Christ Iconclass , Christ as adult Iconclass , adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass , crowd, mob Iconclass , Christ explaining his doctrine Iconclass , Christ explaining his doctrine to the apostles and disciples Iconclass , Christ explaining his doctrine to disciples of John the Baptist Iconclass , two disciples of John the Baptist are sent to Christ (Matthew 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23) Iconclass , 'I tell you that Elijah has already come' ~ Christ explaining his doctrine to disciples of John the Baptist (Matthew 17:12; Mark 9:13) Iconclass , John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass , landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass , water (one of the four elements) Iconclass , river Iconclass , trees Iconclass , dale, valley Iconclass , city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass , prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass , prison, jail Iconclass , imprisonment Iconclass , prisoner; in fetters Iconclass , bridge Iconclass , rocks Iconclass , mountains Iconclass

Linked open data

Data PURL	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABA
IIIF manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6504/manifest.json
LIDO XML	https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai/?metadataPrefix=oai_lido&verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-ABA

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