In a landscape with a city in the distance, Christ multiplies five loaves of bread and two fish in the foreground right. On the hill on the left, his disciples distribute the food to the people (Mar 6:38).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | The Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum |
| Date |
ca. 1582 - 1593
ca. 1653 - 1654 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, top left: Marci. 6. 38. |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top right: Quarentibus ante omnia regnum coelorum adiiciuntur caetera. | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Pe. V. Borcht | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 86 | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-ABF |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABF |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6509/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass 11Q712 church (exterior) Iconclass 25F6 fishes Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H1124 boulder, stone Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 41C111 giving food Iconclass 41C621 bread, loaf Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C612 multiplication of loaves and fishes for a multitude of four or five thousand people (Matthew 14:13-21, 15:32-39; Mark 6:32-44, 8:1-10; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14) Iconclass 73C6121 Christ blessing the bread and fish brought by a boy Iconclass 73C6122 Christ and apostles distribute bread and fish among the multitude Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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