Christ Answering the Disciples of John the Baptist, 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
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.

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 244 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-ABA
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, 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?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-ABA
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