Landscape with Abraham Begging the Three Angels to Spare Sodom

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Jan van Londerseel (engravers (printmakers))

,

Gillis de Hondecoeter (after)

,

Claes Jansz. Visscher (publisher)

Date

circa 1614

Period

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent

In a watery landscape with houses and a church in the distance, Abraham kneels in the foreground before the three angels to beg them to spare Sodom. The engraving is based on the Bible text in Gen 18:16-33.

Public Domain

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Description

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Features

Artist(s) / maker(s)	Jan van Londerseel , Gillis de Hondecoeter , Claes Jansz. Visscher
Type	burin engraving
Category	prints (visual works) AAT
Material	burijngravure op papier paper
Dimensions	358 x 466 mm
Location	Work currently not on display
Object number	2015-LP

Description

Subjects

religious symbolism , landscapes , figures (representations)

Tags

Old Testament Iconclass , story of Abraham Iconclass , Abraham accompanying the departing angels Iconclass , the visit of the three angels (three men) ~ story of Abraham (Genesis 18) Iconclass , God tells Abraham of the impending destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and promises not to destroy the cities if he can find there ten just men Iconclass , landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass , water (one of the four elements) Iconclass , trees Iconclass , shrubs Iconclass , clouds Iconclass , angels Iconclass , bridge Iconclass , landscape with tower or castle Iconclass , church (exterior) Iconclass , city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass , prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass

Linked open data

Data PURL	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-LP
IIIF manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8900/manifest.json
LIDO XML	https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai/?metadataPrefix=oai_lido&verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2015-LP

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