Christ Heals Two Possessed Men in the Region of the Gerasenes

Public Domain

Artist / maker

Jan van Orley (engravers (printmakers))

Date

ca. 1685 - 1700

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Christ and his disciples meet two possessed people at a tomb. No one dares to walk past the possessed. They ask Christ for help and he sends them to a herd of pigs further down by a lake. The pigs all plunge into the lake and the possessed are delivered from their demons. Illustration from the New Testament, Mat 8, 28.

More about this work

Features
Artist / maker Jan van Orley VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type etching
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 206 x 259 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-Y
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags New Testament Iconclass, Christ Iconclass, Christ as adult Iconclass, public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass, miracles of Christ ~ healing the sick Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, adult man Iconclass, lying figure Iconclass, standing figure Iconclass, flight, running away; pursuing Iconclass, architectural detail Iconclass, architectural settings in paintings, sculptures, etc. Iconclass, column, pillar ~ architecture Iconclass, pig Iconclass, herd, flock Iconclass, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass, cattle driving, cattle driver Iconclass, Christ healing possessed people Iconclass, healing of two (or one) possessed at Gerasa (Gadara) (Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39) Iconclass, lake Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-Y
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11714/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-Y
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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