Saint Matthew

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Karel I van Mander (after)
,
Jacques II de Gheyn (engravers (printmakers))

Date

circa 1591 - 1592

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The apostle Matthew stands by a tree in a mountainous landscape, holding a book in his folded hands; against the tree is his sword. This print is part of a series of 14 prints, each consisting of a full-length effigy of an apostle, Christ or Paul with typical attributes and a caption in Latin.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Karel I van Mander , Jacques II de Gheyn
Types burin engraving , reproductive prints
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material
burijngravure op papier met watermerk (onderaan)
paper
Dimensions 281 x 186 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-QZ
Description
Subjects religious symbolism , figures (representations)
Tags New Testament Iconclass , the apostle and martyr Matthias; possible attributes: axe, book, cross, halberd, scroll, sword Iconclass , rocks Iconclass , trees Iconclass , male sex; man Iconclass , standing figure Iconclass , hands folded Iconclass , hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass , Iconclass , looking sideways Iconclass , , saints Iconclass , art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-QZ
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8491/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai/?metadataPrefix=oai_lido&verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-QZ

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