Christ stands in the foreground in a hilly river landscape, blessing children. Some apostles try to keep children away from him (Mat 19: 13).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | Christ Blesses the Children, 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 depiction, top right: Matthei. 19. |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Pe. V. Borcht: | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-ABB |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABB |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6505/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25H landscapes Iconclass 25H114 low hill country 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 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 25I5 landscape with tower or castle Iconclass 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 31A25331 pointing to the forehead with the index finger Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C72 Christ explaining his doctrine Iconclass 73C722 Christ explaining his doctrine to women and children Iconclass 73C7224 Christ blessing children brought by their mothers, usually with some disciples disapprovingly looking on (Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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