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The Death of Poor Lazarus, ca. 1575 - 1599

  • etching, paper
  • 243 x 297 mm
  • Inv. 2014-S

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Poor Lazarus lies dead on a straw bed under a canopy. He is mourned by three figures. In the sky, three angels carry his soul to heaven . In the background right, Lazarus can be seen as a crippled man, walking on crutches in landscape. The print contains a top inscription in Latin and captions 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 The Death of Poor Lazarus
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: Pauper, iops rerum [...] et campis ducitur Elysiis./ [...] Inq. sinu iacet [...] nectare et ambrosia.
printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Pet vander/ Borcht inven.
printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: I. Baptista Vrints ex
printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Lazare au contraire [...] l'angel al eternelle vie./ [...] Maer ter contrarie [...] ter glorie ghedraghen
inscription reverse, centre below: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten
Collection print room
Object type etching AAT
Inventory number 2014-S
Acquisition credit unknown
2014
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-S
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8891/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11G angels Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
31A236 lying figure Iconclass
31A415 crippled Iconclass
31A4153 crutches Iconclass
45K14 fortified city Iconclass
46A15 the poor Iconclass
46A151 beggar Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
73C5 miracles of Christ: raising of the dead Iconclass
73C52 the story of Lazarus (John 11:1-44) Iconclass
73C8521 Lazarus dies: his soul is carried into Abraham's lap by angels Iconclass
School / Style Renaissance AAT
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