In the centre, the shepherd can be seen with his lost sheep on his shoulders. He shares his joy over the recovered sheep with his neighbours and friends standing around him.
| Artist |
Anonymous Master
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| Title | The Parable of the Lost Sheep |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Luc. 15.*1.10. |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LQ-verso-D |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LQ-verso-D |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11674/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT 25H landscapes Iconclass |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A231
standing figure
Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 47I213 sheep Iconclass 47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass 73C82 parables and proverbial sayings of Christ ~ the animal world Iconclass 73C822 the lost sheep sought and found by the shepherd ~ parable of the good shepherd (Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:4-7) Iconclass |
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