After the miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes, the people wanted to proclaim Christ king. Christ thereupon retires alone to a mountain (John 6:15).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | Christ retreats to the mountain, 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 right: IOHANNIS. 6. 15. |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top right: SPRETUM DIADEMA. | |
| printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: PE. V. BORCHT | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 87 | |
| stamps (tools) on the reverse: STAD GENT / MUSEUM VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-ABJ |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABJ |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6513/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 11V87 praying for the living and the dead ~ one of the (seven) spiritual Acts of Mercy Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25F6 fishes Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 41C621 bread, loaf Iconclass 44B113 king Iconclass 46C11 road, path Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C61 miraculous feedings 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 |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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