Jacob sends his sons to Egypt to buy grain. He keeps his youngest son Benjamin at home.
| 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 | Jacob Sends His Sons to Egypt, 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 in the depiction, at the bottom right: 31 |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Iacob door Hongersnoot sendt sijn sone nae Egipten om kooren/ Gensis 42.1 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-FO |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-FO |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11385/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25I22
prospect of village, silhouette of village
Iconclass
31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 42G2111 father (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2121 son (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 46C5121 waving farewell ~ departure on a journey Iconclass 46C513 'en route', traveller under way Iconclass 48C75 making music; musician with instrument Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71D171 Jacob hears that corn is being sold in Egypt Iconclass 71D1712 Jacob sends his ten sons to Egypt to buy corn, keeping the youngest, Benjamin, at home Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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