Allegory of the Second Bench of Aldermen of ‘Gedele’

Public Domain

Artist / maker

Theodoor Rombouts (painters (artists))

Date

1627 - 1628

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent

More about this work

Features
Artist / maker Theodoor Rombouts VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type oil paintings (visual works)
Category paintings (visual works) AAT
Materials oil paint AAT , canvas AAT
Dimensions 435 x 386 cm
Location Work on display
Object number S-75
Description
Subjects symbolism (artistic concept) AAT , allegory (artistic device) AAT
Tags female saints (VIRGIN OF GHENT) Iconclass, cities represented allegorically or symbolically Iconclass, personification of a city, town-patron(ess) Iconclass, geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (LYS) Iconclass, geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (SCHELDT) Iconclass, names of cities and villages (GHENT) Iconclass, river Iconclass, the Virgin Mary Iconclass, sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure Iconclass, container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass, lying figure Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, adult man Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, adult woman Iconclass, beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion Iconclass, law and jurisprudence Iconclass, magistracy, judges Iconclass, court building Iconclass, juridical examples; exemplary judges; 'Gerechtigkeitsbilder' Iconclass, private soldier Iconclass, helmet Iconclass, hangings and drapery Iconclass, Harmony, Regularity Iconclass, rugs (textiles) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, power, 'Potestas' ~ one of the seven gifts of the soul Iconclass, wisdom, 'Sapientia' ~ one of the seven gifts of the soul Iconclass, Temperance, Moderation; 'Misura' (Ripa) Iconclass, dragon Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-75
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6854/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:S-75
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