Saint Gerard of Brogne, an early Christian hermit, was originally in the service of the Count of Namur. He chose a religious life and founded a first abbey in present-day Saint-Gérard. Gerardus, a Benedictine, is known as a reformer of religious institutions, including Saint-Baafs Abbey in Ghent, Saint-Bertinus Abbey in Saint-Omer, Saint-Vaast Abbey in Atrecht and the abbeys of Mouzon and Elnone (today Saint-Amand-les-Eaux).
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Hans Sadeler
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
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| Title | Saint Gerard of Brogne as a Hermit, from the series Trophaeum vita solitariae |
| Date | 1598 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Posthabuit Christo vxorum, natosque' Geroldus,/ Imperiale genus, Saxoniaque' decus |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: 16 | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Turba canum latrans inter vepreta latentem/ Prodidit, o' mirum, dum putat esse foram | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LV-5 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LV-5 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11635/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11H
saints
Iconclass
11H(GERARD OF BROGNE) male saints (GERARD OF BROGNE) Iconclass 11P315(BENEDICTINES) monastic orders, monastic life ~ Roman Catholic church (BENEDICTINES) Iconclass 11Q3 ascetic life and practice Iconclass 11Q31 mortification of the senses ~ ascetic life Iconclass 11Q331 anchorite, hermit Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H15 forest, wood Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 46C13142 ass, donkey Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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