The Parable of the Rich Fool, 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
The landscape shows the rich man's farming. He sits on a grain sack by a tree and has a large barn built for his supplies and riches (Luke 12:16).

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
Object number 2013-ABI
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags New Testament Iconclass, Christ Iconclass, parables and proverbial sayings of Christ ~ richness and poverty Iconclass, trees: cypress Iconclass, Wealth, Opulence; 'Opulenza', 'Richezza' (Ripa) Iconclass, Luxury, Luxuriousness Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, sitting figure Iconclass, country-house - AA - civic architecture: inside Iconclass, farm (building) Iconclass, farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass, stall, stable Iconclass, barn Iconclass, container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass, wooden container: barrel, cask Iconclass, cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet) Iconclass, farmers Iconclass, horse Iconclass, pack-animal Iconclass, hay-wagon Iconclass, agricultural products and by-products: hay Iconclass, windmill Iconclass, harvest Iconclass, trees Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABI
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6512/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-ABI
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