While the squire and his servants sleep, the squire's enemy, the Devil, comes on the left to sow weeds among the sown grain. On the right, a horse-and-wagon drives along a country road towards a village. Below the scene a two-line reference in Latin to the Bible text in Mat 13:24.
| Artist |
Anonymous Master
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| Title | The Devil Sows Weeds Among the Wheat |
| Date | ca. 1651 - 1658 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the dipiction, at the top: Hans Bol Inventor |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: A. Con excu. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Assimilatum est regnum [...] tunc apverunt et zizania. Matth. Cap. 13. | |
| inscription on the reverse: assu (???) Londerseel/ voir Brullior III 51 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-AA |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-AA |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8544/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11K
devil(s) and demons
Iconclass
11K(SATAN) devil(s) and demons: Satan Iconclass 11K1 human-shaped devil Iconclass 11K4 activities of devil(s) Iconclass 25G4(GRASS) plants and herbs (GRASS) Iconclass 47I111 cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet) Iconclass 47I119 weeds Iconclass 47I131 sowing Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C8122 while the sower and his servants slept, his enemy (the Devil) sowed tares among the wheat Iconclass |
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