In a forest landscape, Jacob is buried in the Cave of Machpelah (the Cave of the Patriarchs) in the lower left. Shepherds with their cattle and a river with a bridge can be seen in the lower right, with a vast landscape in the background.
| Artist |
Adriaen Collaert
RKD
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| Title | The Burial of Jacob, from the series Cursus Omnium Creaturarum Dei |
| Date | ca. 1580 - 1584 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Medium and support | engravings AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, below: A. Collaert. fec: HBol inuent: / Sadler. excud: |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Libertas etenim interitum, atque aeterna Seguetur / E Seruitute gloria. / Gloriae enim fructum Vita haud capit ista futurae: / Solatio Spes eSt tamen. / Rom 8 | |
| inscription on the reverse: 505 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | engravings AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-NQ |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NQ |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11721/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 25H landscapes Iconclass |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 42E burial rites Iconclass 42E14 placing the corpse in the coffin Iconclass 42E23 burial Iconclass 42E31 grave, tomb Iconclass 42E131 mourning the dead Iconclass 42E132 lamentation (~ burial rites) Iconclass 43A49 public funeral Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass 47I2211 herd, flock Iconclass 47I228 cattle driving, cattle driver Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71D25 Jacob's death (Genesis 49:33, 50:1-14) Iconclass 71D253 Jacob is buried in the cave of Machpelah Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. IV. Brun - Coques / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (205) |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. III. Boekhorst - Brueghel / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (51) |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. V. Cornelisz. - Dou / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 |
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