Hezekiah Has the Idols and the Copper Serpent Destroyed, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Nicolaes II Visscher (publisher)
,
Pieter Hendriksz. Schut (engravers (printmakers))
,
Nicolaes I Visscher (publisher)

Date

1659

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
King Hezekiah orders the destruction of sacrificial sites and images of idols. Two men strike the brass serpent of Moses. In the background, his men overturn another statue.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Nicolaes II Visscher , Pieter Hendriksz. Schut , Nicolaes I Visscher
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 67 x 100 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-FD
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, story of Hezekiah (Ezechias), son of Ahaz, king of Judah (2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chronicles 29-32) Iconclass, Hezekiah breaks Moses' brazen serpent Iconclass, Unbelief, 'Infidelitas' Iconclass, Idolatry; 'Idololatria', 'Religione finta' (Ripa) Iconclass, Heresy; 'Heresia' (Ripa) Iconclass, snakes Iconclass, minerals and metals: copper Iconclass, king 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, low hill country Iconclass, private soldier Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-FD
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11396/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-FD
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