Christ Sleeping During the Storm on Lake Tiberias

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Anonieme meester (engravers (printmakers))
,
Aegidius Sadeler (after)

Periods

17 century, 18th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The boat carrying Christ and his disciples is in a severe storm. High waves plague the ship and the sails are already torn. The disciples fear for their lives but Christ sleeps peacefully.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Anonieme meester , Aegidius Sadeler VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 201 x 286 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-NN
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, lake Iconclass, wave Iconclass, storm Iconclass, storm at sea Iconclass, ships (in general) Iconclass, boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass, sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, sitting figure Iconclass, sleeping on the ground Iconclass, sleeping; unconsciousness Iconclass, New Testament Iconclass, Christ Iconclass, Christ as adult Iconclass, adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass, public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass, story of Christ stilling the storm on the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25) Iconclass, Christ in a boat with the apostles, talking or sleeping Iconclass, the apostles awake Christ Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NN
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11719/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-NN
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