Peter and Silas, in the middle of the night, baptise the jailer and his family members. This is an illustration of the Bible text Acts 16:33. Below the scene, the title is shown in Hebrew, English, German, Latin, French and Dutch. The print was used in the following books: Figures de la Bible (Amsterdam: Bernard Picart, 1720) and Taferelen der voornaamste geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament [...] door de vermaarde kunstenaars Hoet, Houbraken, en Picart getekent [...] en met beschrijvingen uitgebreid (Den Haag: Pieter de Hondt, 1728).
| Artist |
Matthijs Pool
RKD
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Arnold Houbraken
RKD
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| Title | The Conversion of the Warder |
| Date | ca. 1720 - 1728 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Medium and support |
burin engraving
AAT
etching AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
burin engraving
AAT
etching AAT illustrations AAT reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 2015-DP |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-DP |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8848/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11H(PAUL)
the apostle Paul of Tarsus; possible attributes: book, scroll, sword
Iconclass
11QQ7321 baptism, christening ceremony ~ the first of the seven sacraments - QQ - baptism in the open air Iconclass 22C light Iconclass 22C2 artificial light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 22C9 darkness Iconclass 23R14 night Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass 41B32 torch Iconclass 42G2111 father (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2121 son (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 44G3111 prison personnel: jailers, warders, guards Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73F2233447 the warder and his family are baptized by Paul and Silas Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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