Joshua has all the Israelites circumcised after arriving in Canaan.
| Artist |
Pieter Hendriksz. Schut
RKD
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Nicolaes I Visscher
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Nicolaes II Visscher
RKD
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| Title | The Circumcision of the Israelites, from the Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien series |
| Date | 1659 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Allee mans personen (in de woestijne geboren) werden tot Gilgal besneden |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iosua 5.7. | |
| inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 51 | |
| inscription reverse, centre: 3 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-FW |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-FW |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11377/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
12A711
'berit milah', circumcision ~ Jewish ceremonies
Iconclass
12A7114 circumcision set, e.g. knife ~ Jewish ceremonies Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass 31A223612 penis, phallus Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71E5 the book of Joshua (Josue) Iconclass 71E5232 Israelites born during the wandering are circumcised after the crossing of the river Jordan Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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