The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar on horseback and surrounded with soldiers sees how Sadrak, Mesak and Abednego are miraculously assisted in the burning furnace by a fourth figure, prompting the king to order their rescue. In front of the furnace lie men killed by the blazing flames of the hot fire. In the background, figures kneel around the golden statue that Sadrak, Mesak and Abednego refused to worship.
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Anonymous Master
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Hans Sadeler
RKD
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| Title | The Fiery Furnace |
| Date | ca. 1581 - 1582 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Tres Hebraeos puerj, [...] / [...] consumptis flamma Lictorib. |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Dan. III. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: D. Vos inventor. Sadler excudit. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LU-6 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LU-6 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11641/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11G
angels
Iconclass
21C fire (one of the four elements) Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 41C2543 oven ~ kitchen Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 31E2312 violent death ~ fire Iconclass 71P the story of the prophet Daniel; his visions and prophecies Iconclass 71P1 Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar Iconclass 71P13 the story of the three Hebrews in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3) Iconclass 71P134 to his astonishment King Nebuchadnezzar sees four men (one of them usually represented as an angel) in the furnace; the king commands them to come forth Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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