The Burial of Jacob, from the series Cursus Omnium Creaturarum Dei

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Sadeler (publisher)
,
Hans Bol (after)
,
Adriaen Collaert (engravers (printmakers))

Date

ca. 1580 - 1584

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
In a forest landscape, Jacob is buried in the Cave of Machpelah (the Cave of the Patriarchs) in the lower left. Shepherds with their cattle and a river with a bridge can be seen in the lower right, with a vast landscape in the background.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Sadeler , Hans Bol VIAF RKD Wikidata, Adriaen Collaert VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type engravings
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 215 x 250 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-NQ
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, grave, tomb Iconclass, public funeral Iconclass, burial Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, river Iconclass, Jacob's death (Genesis 49:33, 50:1-14) Iconclass, Jacob is buried in the cave of Machpelah Iconclass, trees Iconclass, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass, herd, flock Iconclass, cattle driving, cattle driver Iconclass, bridge Iconclass, burial rites Iconclass, mourning the dead Iconclass, lamentation (~ burial rites) Iconclass, placing the corpse in the coffin Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NQ
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11721/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-NQ
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