The Devil Sows Weeds Among the Wheat

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Hans Bol (after)
,
Anonieme meester (engravers (printmakers))

Date

ca. 1651 - 1658

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
While the squire and his servants sleep, the squire's enemy, the Devil, comes on the left to sow weeds among the sown grain. On the right, a horse-and-wagon drives along a country road towards a village. Below the scene a two-line reference in Latin to the Bible text in Mat 13:24.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Hans Bol VIAF RKD Wikidata, Anonieme meester
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 187 x 230 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-AA
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, landscapes , figures (representations)
Tags New Testament Iconclass, sowing Iconclass, weeds Iconclass, while the sower and his servants slept, his enemy (the Devil) sowed tares among the wheat Iconclass, devil(s) and demons Iconclass, devil(s) and demons: Satan Iconclass, human-shaped devil Iconclass, activities of devil(s) Iconclass, plants and herbs (GRASS) Iconclass, cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet) Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-AA
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8544/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-AA
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