The Destruction of the Temple of Baal, 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
In the temple of Baal, people overturn the idols. In front of the altar, the Baal priest is killed with a halberd. The high priest Jehoiada looks on with seven-year-old King Joash by the hand.

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)
Material paper
Dimensions 68 x 100 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-HC
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , interior views
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, standing figure Iconclass, lying figure Iconclass, child Iconclass, boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass, king Iconclass, devastated, ruined place or city (~ warfare) Iconclass, the Temple (in general) ~ Jewish religion Iconclass, death of human being Iconclass, crime Iconclass, violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death Iconclass, damaging or destroying a work of art Iconclass, story of Joash, son of Ahaziah, king of Judah (2 Kings 11:4 - 12:21; 2 Chronicles 23-24) Iconclass, the people destroy the temple, altars and images of Baal, and slay Baal's priests Iconclass, private soldier Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-HC
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11426/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-HC
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

Your browser does not meet the minimum requirements to view this website. The browsers below are compatible. If you do not have one of these browsers, click on the icon to download the preferred browser.

Chrome logo Google Chrome Firefox logo Mozilla Firefox Edge logo Microsoft Edge