The Departure of Abraham for Shechem

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Jacopo Bassano (after)
,
Cornelis II Visscher (engravers (printmakers))

Date

ca. 1650 - 1658

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
In Abraham's departure to Shechem (sometimes considered The Annunciation to the Shepherds), an angel appears in the sky. In the foreground are four figures surrounded by their animals, including sheep, goats and a cow. A shepherd boy sleeps against the broken trunk of a tree on the right, and in the centre a woman kneels before a bucket of water.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Jacopo Bassano VIAF RKD Wikidata, Cornelis II Visscher VIAF RKD Wikidata
Types etching , burin engraving , reproductive prints AAT
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 292 x 369 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2015-AV
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, lying figure Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, kneeling figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass, boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass, goat Iconclass, sheep Iconclass, cow Iconclass, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass, angels Iconclass, story of Abraham Iconclass, Abraham starts out for the land of Canaan with Sarah, Lot and his belongings Iconclass, the calling of Abraham Iconclass, wooden container: barrel, cask Iconclass, sleeping; unconsciousness Iconclass, sleeping on the ground Iconclass, sleeping on the ground - BB - out of doors Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-AV
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8621/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2015-AV
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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