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The Devil Sows Weeds Among the Wheat, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien, 1659

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 67 x 100 mm
  • Inv. 2014-HL

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While the squire and his servants sleep, the squire's enemy, the Devil, comes on the left to sow weeds among the sown grain.

Artist

Pieter Hendriksz. Schut RKD
Amsterdam ca. 1660 - 1680
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Nicolaes I Visscher
Amsterdam 1618 - Amsterdam 1679
publisherAAT

Nicolaes II Visscher RKD
Amsterdam 1618 - Amsterdam 1709
publisherAAT

Title The Devil Sows Weeds Among the Wheat, 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: De Menschen Slapende, komt den Vijandt en saeyt onkruyt midden in de terwe.
printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Matth. 13.25.
printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 28
inscription reverse, centre: 10
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
Inventory number 2014-HL
Acquisition credit unknown
2014
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-HL
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11443/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11K devil(s) and demons Iconclass
11K(SATAN) devil(s) and demons: Satan Iconclass
11K1 human-shaped devil Iconclass
11K4 activities of devil(s) Iconclass
25G4(GRASS) plants and herbs (GRASS) Iconclass
47I111 cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet) Iconclass
47I119 weeds Iconclass
47I131 sowing Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
73C8122 while the sower and his servants slept, his enemy (the Devil) sowed tares among the wheat Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
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