Touch, from the series The Five Senses

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Nicolaes I Visscher (publisher)
,
Frederick Bloemaert (engravers (printmakers))
,
Abraham Bloemaert (after)

Date

ca. 1632 - 1670

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The prophet Elisha, left in the background, curses the children who mock him. As punishment, they are devoured by bears.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Nicolaes I Visscher , Frederick Bloemaert VIAF RKD Wikidata, Abraham Bloemaert VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 161 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-KK-5
Description
Subjects figures (representations) , allegory (artistic device) AAT, religieuze bijstand ~ militaire dienst
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, child Iconclass, boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass, hoofed animals: boar Iconclass, the (five) senses Iconclass, feeling (one of the five senses) Iconclass, story of Elisha (Eliseus) Iconclass, two bears come out of the woods and tear the children who were mocking Elisha to pieces Iconclass, the cursing of the children: when Elisha is on his way some children mock him for his baldness; Elisha curses them (2 Kings 2:23-25) Iconclass, mocking, insulting; teasing Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-KK-5
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11522/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-KK-5
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