An angel holds Judas' moneybag and a torch in his hands. In front of the angel is the sword Peter used to cut off the ear of a soldier when arresting Christ in the garden of Olives.
| Artist |
Aegidius II Sadeler
RKD
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| Title | Angel with the Sword of Saint Peter, the Moneybag of Judas and a Torch, from the series Theatrum Passionis Christi |
| Period | 17th century |
| Medium and support | engravings AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: EG: sadeler fecit |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Cum facibus loculos, cum vinclis aspice ferrum, / Ne tibi venalis sit Deus atqB fides. | |
| inscription on the reverse: 64 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-OS |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-OS |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11748/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11G
angels
Iconclass
11G1 the nine choirs of angels, hierarchy of angels Iconclass 11G15 Virtues (holding instruments of the Passion) ~ hierarchy of angels Iconclass 11H(PETER) the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara Iconclass 11I72(JUDAS ISCARIOT) Judas Iscariot (not in biblical context) Iconclass 21C fire (one of the four elements) Iconclass 41B162 smoke Iconclass 41B32 torch Iconclass 41D267 purse, money-bag Iconclass 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass 46B31 money Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73D82(SWORD) single instruments of the Passion (SWORD) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XXI. Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : Text ; Vol. XXII : Plates / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein, Dieuwke De Hoop Scheffer, Karel Gerard Boon. - Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1980 (22) |
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