Gédéon a amené ses hommes à l'eau et les a fait boire. Ceux qui lèchent l'eau avec leur langue sont emmenés au combat. Les hommes qui s'agenouillent pour boire l'eau sont renvoyés chez eux.
Artist |
Pieter Hendriksz. Schut
RKD
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Nicolaes I Visscher
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Nicolaes II Visscher
RKD
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Title | Gideon Orders His Men to Drink Water, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien |
Date | 1659 |
Period | 17th century |
Location | Amsterdam TGN |
Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Volgens Godts bevel, wert het volck uytgesondert en aent water beproeft |
printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iudicum 7.5. | |
printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 56 | |
inscription reverse, centre: 8 | |
Collection | print room |
Object type | burin engraving AAT |
Inventory number | 2014-FX |
Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-FX |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11376/manifest.json |
Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 25H landscapes Iconclass |
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Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H212 brook Iconclass 25H2143 pond, pool Iconclass 41C12 drinking Iconclass 45D313 private soldier Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71F2151 to select an army for a raid against the Midianites Gideon sends away the fearful and brings the remaining ten thousand men to the water Iconclass 71F2152 those who lap water by putting their hand to their mouth are separated from those who kneel down to drink the water ~ selection of Gideon's men Iconclass |
School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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