In the foreground in a forest landscape sits Saint Leonard of Noblac, an early Christian hermit. He sits against a tree and reads. Behind him can be seen the Marian chapel he founded in Limoges. Next to the chapel, a monk is burying something. In the background, the meeting between him and King Clovis takes place in a forest.
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Hans Sadeler
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Hans Sadeler
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| Title | Saint Leonard as a Hermit, from the series Oraculum Anachoreticum |
| Date | 1600 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Venice TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: Cù privilegio/ Sù Ponti. et Cae/ Ioà Sadeler/ scalpsit et exc. |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Martin. de Vos figur. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Nobilio hic ille est Leonardus; sustulit olim/ De sacris puerum Rex Clodoueus aquis. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: II | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Discipulos, aedemq.habuit; Pastorq. virorum/ Ne fieret, socius maluit esse feris. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LY-4 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LY-4 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11629/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11H
saints
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11H(LEONARD) the (Benedictine) abbot and hermit Leonard of Noblac; possible attributes: dalmatic, (broken) fetters Iconclass 11P315(BENEDICTINES) monastic orders, monastic life ~ Roman Catholic church (BENEDICTINES) Iconclass 11P31521 monk(s), friar(s) Iconclass 11Q3 ascetic life and practice Iconclass 11Q31 mortification of the senses ~ ascetic life Iconclass 11Q331 anchorite, hermit Iconclass 11Q651 crucifix ~ personal devotion Iconclass 11Q7121(CHAPEL) parts of church exterior and annexes: chapel Iconclass 11Q71423 altarcross, crucifix Iconclass 11Q71483 church bell Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H15 forest, wood Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A18 hut, cabin, lodge Iconclass 41D263 walking-stick, staff, cane Iconclass 43B13 walking, hiking (recreation) Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 48C145 architectural settings in paintings, sculptures, etc. Iconclass 49N reading Iconclass 61E(LIMOGES) names of cities and villages (LIMOGES) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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