The Canaanite Woman

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Jan Saenredam (after)
,
Hendrick Goltzius (after)
,
Anonieme kunstenaar (engravers (printmakers))

Period

19th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
In the foreground, the Canaanite woman plays with two little dogs. In the background, she kneels before Christ and asks him to heal her daughter. The print is part of a print series featuring famous women from the New Testament.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Jan Saenredam VIAF RKD Wikidata, Hendrick Goltzius VIAF RKD Wikidata, Anonieme kunstenaar
Types engravings , reproductive prints AAT
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 171 x 134 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-MY-1
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes , animal paintings
Tags female sex; woman Iconclass, adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass, standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass, dog Iconclass, healing of sick person Iconclass, a Canaanite woman kneels before Christ, asking him to heal her daughter; the metaphor of the dogs and bread (Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30) Iconclass, Christ healing possessed people Iconclass, New Testament Iconclass, Christ Iconclass, Christ as adult Iconclass, public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass, mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass, daughter (first degree family relationships) Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MY-1
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11710/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-MY-1
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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