Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Jan van Londerseel (engravers (printmakers))
,
Daniel van I Vinckboons (after)
,
Claes Jansz II Visscher (publisher)

Date

ca. 1601 - 1652

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
In this mountain landscape with a castle surrounded by water in the distance, Rebecca has Eliezer, Abraham's servant, drink from a jug at a water well in the left foreground. Behind the pair, several servants hold camels by the reins. The print contains a Bible reference to Gen. 24 and 25.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Jan van Londerseel , Daniel van I Vinckboons , Claes Jansz II Visscher
Types burin engraving , reproductive prints AAT
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 314 x 483 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2015-LQ
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, landscapes , figures (representations)
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, story of Isaac Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, trees Iconclass, spring, source of river or stream Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, clothes, costume Iconclass, cow Iconclass, goat Iconclass, bridge Iconclass, landscape with tower or castle Iconclass, castle Iconclass, farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass, farm (building) Iconclass, house personnel, servants Iconclass, hoofed animals: camel Iconclass, container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-LQ
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8901/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2015-LQ
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