Hannibal's Oath

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

François Godefroy (engravers (printmakers))
,
Caspar Netscher (after)

Date

ca. 1808

Period

19th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
In an interior of a classical temple, Hamilcar and his son Hannibal kneel before a statue with three heads. On the right, a priest makes an offering while others look on. Contrary to what the engraved caption suggests, the print was not made after a painting by Theodoor Rombouts, but after a work by Caspar Netscher.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) François Godefroy , Caspar Netscher VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 143 x 207 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-RY
Description
Subjects mythologies (religious concept) , figures (representations) , interior views
Tags gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, the Temple (in general) ~ Jewish religion Iconclass, (story of) Hannibal Iconclass, in front of the altar, young Hannibal takes the oath to fight the Romans (sworn hatred) Iconclass, priest ~ Roman religion Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, kneeling figure Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-RY
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8857/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-RY
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