On a hill above a valley, on the left Abraham and his son Isaac kneel at the altar with the ram sacrificed in Isaac's place. Above them in the smoke is an angel (Gen 22:13).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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|---|---|
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | Landscape with the Sacrifice of the Ram by Abraham and Isaac, from the series Emblemata Sacra è praecipuis utriusque testamenti historiis concinnata |
| Date |
ca. 1582
ca. 1653 - 1654 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the dipiction, at the top: Dominus providebit. |
| printed inscription in the dipiction, at the top: Genes. XXII. 13. | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top right: 30 | |
| printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: Pe. V./ Borcht/ 1582 | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 31 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
etching
AAT
illustrations AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-AAE |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAE |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6483/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11G
angels
Iconclass
21C fire (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 41B162 smoke Iconclass 47I2131 ram Iconclass 55C221 Sacrifice Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71C1 story of Abraham Iconclass 71C131 the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22) Iconclass 71C1314 a ram caught in a thicket is sacrificed instead of Isaac Iconclass 71C13141 the ram of the sacrifice ~ sacrifice of Isaac Iconclass 71C2 story of Isaac Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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