In a river landscape, John the Baptist preaches amid a crowd of listeners. The Baptism of Christ is depicted in the background on the right; Christ is up to his knees in the Jordan River, John pours water over his head (Matt 3:7-12).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | The Preaching of John the Baptist, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum |
| Date |
ca. 1582 - 1593
ca. 1653 - 1654 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription top centre: Baptismus fluminis et flaminis. |
| inscription top right: Matthei. 3. 1. | |
| inscription bottom left: Pe. V. Borcht. | |
| inscription bottom right: 65 | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-AAV |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAV |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6499/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11E
the Holy Ghost
Iconclass
11E1 Holy Ghost represented as a dove (in flames) Iconclass 11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST) John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass 11Q733 preaching (in general) Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 22C light Iconclass 22C3 supernatural light Iconclass 22C31 radiance emanating from persons or things Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 25I5 landscape with tower or castle Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A277 movement in water Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41D263 walking-stick, staff, cane Iconclass 46A7 crowd, mob Iconclass 61D(RIVER JORDAN) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (RIVER JORDAN) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C1 story of John the Baptist (Matthew 3; Mark 1:4-11; Luke 3:1-22; John 1:19-34) Iconclass 73C11 John the Baptist preaching (perhaps Christ among the bystanders) Iconclass 73C12 John the Baptist baptizing Iconclass 73C121 baptism of Christ in the river Jordan: John the Baptist pouring out water on Christ's head: the Holy Ghost descends Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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