John the Baptist is preaching in a forest scene, leaning on a tree branch (right). He addresses a group of people in front of him. A river and a town can be seen in the background.
Artist |
Adriaen Collaert
RKD
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Title | The Preaching of John the Baptist, from the series Cursus Omnium Creaturarum Dei |
Date | ca. 1580 - 1584 |
Period | 16th century |
Medium and support | etching AAT |
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Sadler .excud: / A. Collaert. fec: / HBol inuent: |
printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Fili etiam, affulSit queis Spiritus almus, anhçlant / Redemptionem corporis. / Felices etenim reddit, concepta Fide, Spes; / Magno pijs Solatio. / Rom. 8 | |
Collection | print room |
Object type | etching AAT |
Inventory number | 2014-NR |
Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2014 |
Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NR |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11722/manifest.json |
Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 25H landscapes Iconclass 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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Keywords Iconclass |
11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST)
John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff
Iconclass
21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25H15 forest, wood Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C11 John the Baptist preaching (perhaps Christ among the bystanders) Iconclass |
School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. IV. Brun - Coques / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (205) |
Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. III. Boekhorst - Brueghel / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (51) |
Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. V. Cornelisz. - Dou / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 |
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