Christ retreats to the mountain, 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
After the miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes, the people wanted to proclaim Christ king. Christ thereupon retires alone to a mountain (John 6:15).

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 189 x 245 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-ABJ
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, miraculous feedings Iconclass, multiplication of loaves and fishes for a multitude of four or five thousand people (Matthew 14:13-21, 15:32-39; Mark 6:32-44, 8:1-10; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14) Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, bread, loaf Iconclass, fishes Iconclass, container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass, praying for the living and the dead ~ one of the (seven) spiritual Acts of Mercy Iconclass, trees Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, river Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass, urban housing Iconclass, king Iconclass, road, path Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABJ
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6513/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-ABJ
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