The Lord Commanded Noah to Build the Ark, 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
On the right on a hill, God instructs Noah to build an ark. The tetragram symbolises God the Father. On the left, the ark is being built. Noah gives instructions to one of his men (Gen 6:22).

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) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 184 x 252 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-ABM
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes , animal paintings
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, story of Noah Iconclass, before the Flood (Genesis 6-7:4) Iconclass, God sees man's corruption Iconclass, the building of the ark, and the embarkation (Genesis 7:5-9) Iconclass, Noah building the ark Iconclass, tetragram (in Roman or Hebrew script) ~ symbol of God the Father Iconclass, ships (in general) Iconclass, ships (in general) Iconclass, boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, river Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, rocks Iconclass, landscape with tower or castle Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, boulder, stone Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABM
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6464/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-ABM
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