The depiction refers to the following passage from the Gospel of John (John 1:47-51): 'When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.” “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.” Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.” Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’ the Son of Man.”'
| Artist |
Anonymous Master
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| Title | The Calling of Philip and Nathanael (Bartholomew) |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan. 1* 47. vlti. |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LR-verso-D |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LR-verso-D |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11677/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 25H landscapes Iconclass |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11H(BARTHOLOMEW) the apostle Bartholomew; possible attributes: book, devil or dragon at feet, knife, scroll, flayed skin, staff Iconclass 11H(PHILIP) the apostle Philip; possible attributes: book, cross, dish with snake, lance, scroll, stone, sword Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73C7 Christ as teacher (part I): explaining his doctrine; teaching ~ parables and proverbs Iconclass 73C71 Christ and his twelve apostles: calling, mission and Transfiguration Iconclass 73C7114 calling of Philip and Nathanael (Bartholomew) (John 1:43-51) Iconclass 73C71141 Philip follows Christ Iconclass 73C71142 Philip finds Nathanael under a fig-tree and brings him to Christ Iconclass 73C71143 Nathanael meets Christ Iconclass |
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