Left on a rock, Abraham proposes to Lot that they separate. They look out over a valley with cattle and shepherds arguing about the lack of land in the foreground (Gen 13:8-12).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | The Separation of Abraham and Lot, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliiorum |
| 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, centre: Genes. XIII. 17 |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top right: 18 | |
| printed inscription in the dipiction, at the top: Beati pacifici. | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: Pe. V. Borcht | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 19 | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-ABO |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABO |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6466/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11Q712
church (exterior)
Iconclass
21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks 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 26A clouds Iconclass 31A25331 pointing to the forehead with the index finger Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 41A191 tent Iconclass 47I2112 cow Iconclass 47I213 sheep Iconclass 47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass 47I2213 shepherd's crook Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71C1 story of Abraham Iconclass 71C112 Abraham communicating with God (in general) Iconclass 71C115 Abraham and Lot separating (Genesis 13) Iconclass 71C1152 the shepherds' quarrel ~ story of Abraham Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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