The Healing of Naaman, 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
Naaman was the commander of the Aramean army and suffered from dermatitis. The prophet Elisha advised him to bathe seven times in the Jordan River to cure his illness. On the bank are soldiers from his retinue.

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 101 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-FR
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, landscape with tower or castle Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, river Iconclass, John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass, low hill country Iconclass, Naaman's leprosy (2 Kings 5) Iconclass, Naaman comes to the Jordan, dips himself seven times and is cured Iconclass, private soldier Iconclass, horse Iconclass, passenger carriage Iconclass, trees Iconclass, leprosy - AA - epidemic diseases Iconclass, leprosy Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-FR
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11382/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-FR
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