The Four Last Things, 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
Christ addresses his disciples on the Mount of Olives. Depicted in the background are the four last things: death, the last judgement, heaven and hell (Mat 24).

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 186 x 245 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-ABE
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, sayings of Christ: discourse on the last things (Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21) Iconclass, eschatology Iconclass, the Four Last Things Iconclass, Death (as one of the Four Last Things) Iconclass, Last Judgement (as one of the Four Last Things) Iconclass, Heaven (as one of the Four Last Things) Iconclass, Hell (as one of the Four Last Things) Iconclass, Gethsemane, Mount of Olives, 'Oelberg' (Matthew 26:36-56; Mark 14:32-52; Luke 22:39-53; John 18:1-12) Iconclass, death of human being Iconclass, symbols and personifications of Death Iconclass, symbols of Death Iconclass, mourning the dead Iconclass, lamentation (~ burial rites) Iconclass, sun as celestial body Iconclass, Last Judgement Iconclass, comprehensive representation of Last Judgement: Christ (with sword and lily), often surrounded by elders and sometimes accompanied by Mary and John the Baptist, appears in the sky with trumpeting angels (and sometimes angels holding the instruments of the Passion); after the resurrection of the dead the blessed are led to heaven by angels, and the damned are dragged into hell by devils Iconclass, resurrection of the dead ~ Last Judgement Iconclass, division of the blessed and the damned ~ Last Judgement Iconclass, symbols of Last Judgement Iconclass, heaven, celestial paradise, New Earth Iconclass, representations of celestial paradise (and its inhabitants) Iconclass, heaven represented in the air, with clouds (in concentric circles) and light Iconclass, hell and purgatory Iconclass, stars Iconclass, country-house - AA - civic architecture: inside Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABE
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6508/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-ABE
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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