Joseph Thrown into a Pit by his Brothers

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Maerten de Vos (after)
,
Anonieme meester (engravers (printmakers))

Date

ca. 1581 - 1582

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Joseph's brothers lower him into a well. On the left are a sheep and on the right goats and a dog; in the background, a landscape with mountains and water and a group of merchants.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Maerten de Vos VIAF RKD Wikidata, Anonieme meester
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 236 x 200 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-LU-1
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes , animal paintings
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, brothers (second degree family relationships) Iconclass, shelves, rack, sideboard Iconclass, goat Iconclass, dog Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, story of Joseph (part I) Iconclass, Joseph sold into slavery and taken to Egypt (Genesis 37:12-35) Iconclass, Joseph's coat is stripped off by his brothers Iconclass, Joseph is thrown into a pit (usually depicted as a well or cistern) Iconclass, Joseph is lowered into a pit by means of ropes or a pulley Iconclass, while Joseph's brothers are eating, a caravan of Ishmaelite (Midianite) merchants passes by: Judah proposes to sell Joseph to them Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LU-1
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11646/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-LU-1
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