During the Battle of Jericho, the Ark was carried around the city once a day for six days, preceded by the armed men and seven priests sounding seven trumpets of rams' horns.
| 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 | The Ark of the Covenant is Carried Around Jericho, 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: 52 |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: De Arcke wert gedragen om Iericho, de Mure stort neder, ende Stad wert verbrant/ Iosua 6.4. | |
| inscription reverse, centre: 4 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-FP |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-FP |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11384/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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religious symbolism
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
12A422
Ark of the Covenant ~ Jewish religion
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12A42242 transportation of the Ark of the Covenant (in general) ~ Jewish religion Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 45K siege, position war Iconclass 45K14 fortified city Iconclass 45K3 defence ~ siege Iconclass 45K31 defence of fortification or city Iconclass 45K4 capture of city (after the siege) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71E524 the fall of Jericho (Joshua 6) Iconclass 71E5242 the Israelites march around Jericho: in the procession the main body of the soldiers comes first, next are seven priests who blow on trumpets, followed by the priests carrying the ark and a rear guard Iconclass 71E52421 on the seventh day, at a signal from Joshua, the people start to shout and the walls of Jericho crumble Iconclass 71E52422 the Israelites assault the city of Jericho after the walls have come down Iconclass 71E52423 Jericho is sacked and burned by the Israelites; the inhabitants are killed Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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