Christ Blesses the Children, 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
Christ stands in the foreground in a hilly river landscape, blessing children. Some apostles try to keep children away from him (Mat 19: 13).

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 245 mm
Object number 2013-ABB
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , animal paintings AAT
Tags New Testament Iconclass, Christ Iconclass, Christ as adult Iconclass, adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass, Christ explaining his doctrine Iconclass, Christ explaining his doctrine to women and children Iconclass, Christ blessing children brought by their mothers, usually with some disciples disapprovingly looking on (Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17) Iconclass, child Iconclass, boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass, girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, river Iconclass, bridge Iconclass, low hill country Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, landscape with tower or castle Iconclass, pointing to the forehead with the index finger Iconclass, farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass, farm (building) Iconclass, landscapes Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABB
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6505/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-ABB
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