King David Sacrifices to God and Sees the Angel of Death

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Maerten de Vos (after)
,
Hans Sadeler (publisher)
,
Aegidius II Sadeler (engravers (printmakers))

Date

ca. 1580 - 1596

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The prophet Gad instructs King David. On the threshing floor of the Jebusite Arauna, King David has built an altar. He kneels before the altar and sacrifices cattle there, hoping to stop a plague ravaging the land. Behind Gad flies the angel of death that caused the plague. In the background, a plain strewn with victims of the plague.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Maerten de Vos VIAF RKD Wikidata, Hans Sadeler , Aegidius II Sadeler
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 202 x 256 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-LT-3
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations)
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, story of David Iconclass, the consolidation of David's kingship (2 Samuel 5, 8-10, 21-24) Iconclass, David comes to Araunah and buys his treshing-floor and oxen; Araunah kneels before David Iconclass, David builds an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah and burns the offerings to God Iconclass, God punishes Israel with three days of plague; the avenging angel with his sword drawn goes through the land; seventy thousand men are killed Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, standing figure Iconclass, Sacrifice Iconclass, hut, cabin, lodge Iconclass, stall, stable Iconclass, hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass, angels Iconclass, Cruelty, Ferocity; 'Crudelta', 'Ferocita' (Ripa) Iconclass, plague Iconclass, personification of plague Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LT-3
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11648/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-LT-3
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