Saint Leonard as a Hermit, from the series Oraculum Anachoreticum

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Maerten de Vos (after)
,
Hans Sadeler (publisher)

Date

1600

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
In the foreground in a forest landscape sits Saint Leonard of Noblac, an early Christian hermit. He sits against a tree and reads. Behind him can be seen the Marian chapel he founded in Limoges. Next to the chapel, a monk is burying something. In the background, the meeting between him and King Clovis takes place in a forest.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Maerten de Vos VIAF RKD Wikidata, Hans Sadeler
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 167 x 204 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-LY-4
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes , cityscapes (representations)
Tags saints Iconclass, anchorite, hermit Iconclass, ascetic life and practice Iconclass, mortification of the senses ~ ascetic life Iconclass, forest, wood Iconclass, trees Iconclass, the (Benedictine) abbot and hermit Leonard of Noblac; possible attributes: dalmatic, (broken) fetters Iconclass, monastic orders, monastic life ~ Roman Catholic church (BENEDICTINES) Iconclass, monk(s), friar(s) Iconclass, parts of church exterior and annexes: chapel Iconclass, architectural settings in paintings, sculptures, etc. Iconclass, names of cities and villages (LIMOGES) Iconclass, altarcross, crucifix Iconclass, crucifix ~ personal devotion Iconclass, reading Iconclass, chemistry Iconclass, hut, cabin, lodge Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, walking, hiking (recreation) Iconclass, walking-stick, staff, cane Iconclass, dog Iconclass, church bell Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LY-4
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11629/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-LY-4
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