The prophet Gad instructs King David. On the threshing floor of the Jebusite Arauna, King David has built an altar. He kneels before the altar and sacrifices cattle there, hoping to stop a plague ravaging the land. Behind Gad flies the angel of death that caused the plague. In the background, a plain strewn with victims of the plague.
| Artist |
Aegidius II Sadeler
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Hans Sadeler
RKD
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| Title | King David Sacrifices to God and Sees the Angel of Death |
| Date | ca. 1580 - 1596 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: Martin de Vos figura |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Iohan Sadler excud | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Davidem moner ira Dei [...] / [...] terna piacla reo. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: At Rex se Domino [...] / [...] Humanis subderet arbitrijs. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: De profundis clamavi ad te [...] / [...] quis sus tinebit. &c. psal.129 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LT-3 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LT-3 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11648/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11G
angels
Iconclass
31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A4621 plague Iconclass 31A46210 personification of plague Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 41A18 hut, cabin, lodge Iconclass 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass 47I2271 stall, stable Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 55C221 Sacrifice Iconclass 57AA91 Cruelty, Ferocity; 'Crudelta', 'Ferocita' (Ripa) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71H story of David Iconclass 71H5 the consolidation of David's kingship (2 Samuel 5, 8-10, 21-24) Iconclass 71H546 God punishes Israel with three days of plague; the avenging angel with his sword drawn goes through the land; seventy thousand men are killed Iconclass 71H548 David comes to Araunah and buys his treshing-floor and oxen; Araunah kneels before David Iconclass 71H5481 David builds an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah and burns the offerings to God Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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