Jephthah and his force inflict a heavy defeat on the Ammonites' army and take twenty cities (Ri. 11:33). The battlefield is depicted in the background.
| Artist |
Nicolaes Rijckmans
RKD
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Antonio Tempesta
RKD
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Claes Jansz. Visscher
RKD
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| Title | The Battle between Jephthah's Army and the Ammonites, from the series the history of Jephthah |
| Date | 1643 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, below: A. TempeeSt inven / C. Ryckemans Schulp. / CJViSScher excud. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Iud. Cap. ii. vers 32. / Ammonium in Regem conSurgens triStibus armis, / MiSpae CaStra locans, cogit ad arma viros. / PoSt votum fugat Ammonios, urbesque viginti / Occupat, et victor fortia regna premit. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 3 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-PD |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-PD |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11764/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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history paintings
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A235
sitting figure
Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 45B the soldier; the soldier's life Iconclass 45H battle, fighting in general Iconclass 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71F24 the time of Jephthah ~ the book of Judges Iconclass 71F245 the story of Jephthah's daughter (Judges 11:29-40) Iconclass 71F2452 the Ammonites are defeated by Jephthah's army; twenty cities are taken Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XX. Constantijn Daniel van Renesse to Geraert van Ryssen / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein, Dieuwke De Hoop Scheffer, Karel Gerard Boon. - Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (200) |
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