The Death of the Rich Man, 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
Rich man lies on his deathbed. Family and friends mourn the dead man. A devil takes the rich man's soul to hell.

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 67 x 99 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-HV
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , interior views
Tags New Testament Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, lying figure Iconclass, bed Iconclass, deathbed Iconclass, death of human being Iconclass, mourning the dead Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass, standing figure Iconclass, chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass, devil(s) and demons Iconclass, activities of devil(s) Iconclass, pact with the devil, selling one's soul to the devil Iconclass, devil or demons attacking mortals Iconclass, parables and proverbial sayings of Christ ~ richness and poverty Iconclass, Dives dies; his soul is brought into hell by devils Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-HV
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11434/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-HV
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