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The Martyrdom of Eleazar, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliiorum, ca. 1582 - 1593, ca. 1653 - 1654

  • etching, paper
  • 187 x 260 mm
  • Inv. 2013-AAS

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Eleazar is beaten to death by order of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Mitrades) because he refused to eat pork (2. Makk. 6:30).

Artist

Pieter I van der Borcht RKD
Mechelen ca. 1530 - Antwerp ca. 1611
etchersAAT

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

Title The Martyrdom of Eleazar, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliiorum
Date ca. 1582 - 1593
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: Praelata turpi vitae mors
printed inscription in the depiction, top right: 2. Machab. 6. 30.
printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: Pe. V. Borcht
printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: 06
printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 61
stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten
Collection print room
Object type etching AAT
Inventory number 2013-AAS
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAS
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6496/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
31A236 lying figure Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31D16 old man Iconclass
31E death of human being Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A14 urban housing Iconclass
44G373 corporal punishment in public Iconclass
71 Old Testament Iconclass
31E23 violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death Iconclass
41C692 kinds of meat Iconclass
45C12(STICK) weapons for striking a blow (STICK) Iconclass
47I212 pig Iconclass
48A712 the audience ~ art performance Iconclass
71Z (books of the) Maccabees Iconclass
71Z3 second book of the Maccabees (part I) Iconclass
71Z35 martyrdom of Eleazar: the old man is forced to eat pork and voluntarily submits to the flogging (2 Maccabees 6:18-31) Iconclass
School / Style Renaissance AAT
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