Poor Lazarus lies dead on a straw bed under a canopy. He is mourned by three figures. In the sky, three angels carry his soul to heaven . In the background right, Lazarus can be seen as a crippled man, walking on crutches in landscape. The print contains a top inscription in Latin and captions in French and Dutch.
| Artist |
Anonymous Master
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Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Johannes Baptista I Vrints
RKD
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| Title | The Death of Poor Lazarus |
| Date | ca. 1575 - 1599 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription at the top, outside the depiction: Pauper, iops rerum [...] et campis ducitur Elysiis./ [...] Inq. sinu iacet [...] nectare et ambrosia. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Pet vander/ Borcht inven. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: I. Baptista Vrints ex | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Lazare au contraire [...] l'angel al eternelle vie./ [...] Maer ter contrarie [...] ter glorie ghedraghen | |
| inscription reverse, centre below: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-S |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-S |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8891/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300055874 religious symbolism AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11G
angels
Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A415 crippled Iconclass 31A4153 crutches Iconclass 45K14 fortified city Iconclass 46A15 the poor Iconclass 46A151 beggar Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C5 miracles of Christ: raising of the dead Iconclass 73C52 the story of Lazarus (John 11:1-44) Iconclass 73C8521 Lazarus dies: his soul is carried into Abraham's lap by angels Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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