The Preaching of John the Baptist, from the series Cursus Omnium Creaturarum Dei

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Sadeler (publisher)
,
Hans Bol (after)
,
Adriaen Collaert (etchers)

Date

ca. 1580 - 1584

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
John the Baptist is preaching in a forest scene, leaning on a tree branch (right). He addresses a group of people in front of him. A river and a town can be seen in the background.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Sadeler , Hans Bol VIAF RKD Wikidata, Adriaen Collaert VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type etching
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 208 x 248 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-NR
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes , cityscapes (representations)
Tags New Testament Iconclass, John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass, John the Baptist preaching (perhaps Christ among the bystanders) Iconclass, forest, wood Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, river Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, standing figure Iconclass, sitting figure Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NR
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11722/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-NR
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