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Landscape with the Sacrifice of the Ram by Abraham and Isaac, from the series Emblemata Sacra è praecipuis utriusque testamenti historiis concinnata, ca. 1582, ca. 1653 - 1654

  • etching, paper
  • 187 x 253 mm
  • Inv. 2013-AAE

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On a hill above a valley, on the left Abraham and his son Isaac kneel at the altar with the ram sacrificed in Isaac's place. Above them in the smoke is an angel (Gen 22:13).

Artist

Pieter I van der Borcht RKD
Mechelen ca. 1530 - Antwerp ca. 1611
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
Amsterdam ca. 1586 - Amsterdam 1656
publisherAAT

Title Landscape with the Sacrifice of the Ram by Abraham and Isaac, from the series Emblemata Sacra è praecipuis utriusque testamenti historiis concinnata
Date ca. 1582
ca. 1653 - 1654
Period 16th century
17th century
Location Amsterdam TGN
Medium and support etching AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings printed inscription in the dipiction, at the top: Dominus providebit.
printed inscription in the dipiction, at the top: Genes. XXII. 13.
printed inscription in the depiction, top right: 30
printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: Pe. V./ Borcht/ 1582
printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 31
Collection print room
Object type etching AAT
illustrations AAT
Inventory number 2013-AAE
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAE
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6483/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11G angels Iconclass
21C fire (one of the four elements) Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25H landscapes Iconclass
25H11 mountains Iconclass
25H112 rocks Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass
41A17 farm (building) Iconclass
41B162 smoke Iconclass
47I2131 ram Iconclass
55C221 Sacrifice Iconclass
71 Old Testament Iconclass
71C1 story of Abraham Iconclass
71C131 the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22) Iconclass
71C1314 a ram caught in a thicket is sacrificed instead of Isaac Iconclass
71C13141 the ram of the sacrifice ~ sacrifice of Isaac Iconclass
71C2 story of Isaac Iconclass
School / Style Renaissance AAT
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