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Poor Lazarus Begs at the Rich Man's Banquet Table, ca. 1575 - 1599

  • etching, paper
  • 243 x 296 mm
  • Inv. 2014-R

Public Domain

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Rich man sits at a banquet with two ladies and a gentleman. In the front right, two musicians play a wind instrument. On the left, a servant approaches with a pasty on a dish. In the foreground, in the garden, poor Lazarus lies. He holds up a napkin. A dog licks his wounds. As captions, four lines of upper caption in Latin and caption in French and Dutch.

Artist

Anonymous Master
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Pieter I van der Borcht RKD
Mechelen ca. 1530 - Antwerp ca. 1611
after

Johannes Baptista I Vrints RKD
Antwerp ca. 1552 - Antwerp 1610
publisherAAT

Title Poor Lazarus Begs at the Rich Man's Banquet Table
Date ca. 1575 - 1599
Period 16th century
Location Antwerp TGN
Medium and support etching AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings printed inscription at the top, outside the depiction: <p><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:14.0pt;">HELLVO, DIVES OPVM, CVI VENTREM EXPLERE VOLVPTAS, / PAVPERIEM TEMNIT, LAZARE SANCTE TVAM / VLCERA TVRBA CANVUM, DICTV MIRABILE, LINGIT :/ ECCE FERAE OFFICIIS EXSVPERANT HOMINES.</span></p>
printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: <p><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:17.5pt;">Pet. vander Borcht inuen.</span></p>
printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Ioan. Baptista Vrints excud.
printed inscription outside the depiction, below: <p><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:17.5pt;">Le riche auare, & plein de luxure, / Faisant bon chiere, & grand iniure / A Son prochain, non donne de l' amosne : / Ains plus humains que luy les chiens le donne.</span></p>
printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: <p><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:17.5pt;">Den rycken vreck vol van ghenuchte, / Iaecht van syn doore met groot gheruchte / Den ermen Lazarus dooft tot syn kermen / Dien nochtans de honden met lecken ontfermen.</span></p>
stamps (tools) reverse, centre below: <p><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:17.5pt;">Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten</span></p>
Collection print room
Object type etching AAT
reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number 2014-R
Acquisition credit unknown
2014
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-R
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8877/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300124520 interior views AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass
31A236 lying figure Iconclass
31A56 servant Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass
34B11 dog Iconclass
41A6 garden Iconclass
41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass
41C5 celebration meal, feast, banquet Iconclass
41C625 pie Iconclass
41D24 clothes for special purposes Iconclass
41D242 party clothes, festive attire Iconclass
42F5 house personnel, servants Iconclass
43A2 private festivities, merry company Iconclass
46A151 beggar Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
48C735 wind instruments Iconclass
48C75 making music; musician with instrument Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
73C5 miracles of Christ: raising of the dead Iconclass
73C52 the story of Lazarus (John 11:1-44) Iconclass
73C852 the rich man (Dives) is feasting, while poor Lazarus is starving at the gate (dogs licking Lazarus' sores) (Luke 16:19-31) Iconclass
School / Style Renaissance AAT
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