In a river landscape, Christ is in the foreground debating with the Pharisees. Behind him are his disciples. A chief priest shows him a coin and asks Christ whether it is right to pay tax to the Romans, who rule Palestine. Christ, sensing a trap, asks whose likeness and name are on the coinage: ‘They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then he saith unto them, render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s’ (Matthew 22; Mark 12; Luke 20).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | The Tribute Money, 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 | printed inscription in the depiction, top right: Matthei. 22. |
| printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: Pe. V. Borcht | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| stamps (tools) reverse, centre: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-ABC |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABC |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6506/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes 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 11Q712 church (exterior) Iconclass 12A521 high priest ~ hierarchy of priests Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1124 boulder, stone 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 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 44D2 taxes and financial administration Iconclass 46A1266 Julius Caesar (one of the nine worthies) Iconclass 46B31 money Iconclass 46B311 coin Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C62 the tribute money (Matthew 17:24-27) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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