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The Conversion of the Warder, ca. 1720 - 1728

  • burin engraving, etching, paper
  • 367 x 228 mm
  • Inv. 2015-DP

Public Domain

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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
Amsterdam 1676 - Amsterdam 1740
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Arnold Houbraken RKD
Dordrecht 1660 - Amsterdam 1719
after

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
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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