Mark the Hermit (Marcus Eremita), from the series Sylvae Sacrae Monumenta

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Raphael I Sadeler (engravers (printmakers))
,
Maerten de Vos (after)
,
Hans Sadeler (publisher)

Date

1594

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Early Christian hermit Marcus Eremita sits by a cave in a forest landscape. He is copying the Bible. In the left corner is a frog.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Raphael I Sadeler VIAF RKD , Maerten de Vos VIAF RKD Wikidata, Hans Sadeler
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 152 x 210 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-LS
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags saints Iconclass, anchorite, hermit Iconclass, cave, grotto Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, sitting figure Iconclass, Bible Iconclass, forest, wood Iconclass, trees Iconclass, shrubs Iconclass, tailless amphibians: frog Iconclass, brook Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, handwriting, writing as activity Iconclass, ink-well Iconclass, writing accessories Iconclass, quill Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass, ascetic life and practice Iconclass, mortification of the senses ~ ascetic life Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LS
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11651/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-LS
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