The prophets David, Daniel and Elijah stand side by side in a landscape. King David with crown and harp, Daniel with staff and beside him a goat, Elijah with sword and a kneeling child beside him.
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Pieter Hendriksz. Schut
RKD
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Jan I Snellinck
RKD
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Nicolaes I Visscher
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Nicolaes II Visscher
RKD
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| Title | The Prophets David, Daniel and Elijah, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien |
| Date | 1659 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, below: David. Daniel. Elias. |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 166. | |
| inscription reverse, centre: 8 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-HZ |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-HZ |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11429/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11I1
groups of prophets, usually holding books or scrolls (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)
Iconclass
11I62(DANIEL) Daniel (not in biblical context); possible attributes: Phrygian bonnet, lion(s), ram Iconclass 11I62(DAVID)31 David as prophet, with crown and scroll Iconclass 11I62(ELIJAH)31 Elijah as first hermit Iconclass 11Q3 ascetic life and practice Iconclass 11Q31 mortification of the senses ~ ascetic life Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 44B191 crown (symbol of sovereignty) Iconclass 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass 47I2131 ram Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 48C7322 harp Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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