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Christ talking with Nicodemus at Night, ca. 1720 - 1728

  • burin engraving, etching, paper
  • 365 x 232 mm
  • Inv. 2015-DL

Public Domain

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Christ is in conversation with Nicodemus in a high room lit by an oil lamp on the ceiling. The print was used in the following books: Figures de la Bible (Amsterdam: Bernard Picart, 1720) and Taferelen der voornaamste geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament [...] door de vermaarde kunstenaars Hoet, Houbraken, en Picart getekent [...] en met beschrijvingen uitgebreid (Den Haag: Pieter de Hondt, 1728).

Artist

Abraham de Blois RKD
unknown - Amsterdam 1717
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Bernard Picart RKD
Paris 1673 - Amsterdam 1733
after

Pieter de Hondt RKD
The Hague 1696 - The Hague 1764
publisherAAT

Title Christ talking with Nicodemus at Night
Date ca. 1720 - 1728
Period 18th century
Location The Hague TGN
Medium and support burin engraving AAT
etching AAT
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
etching AAT
illustrations AAT
reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number 2015-DL
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-DL
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8851/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300124520 interior views AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11D Christ Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass
11H saints Iconclass
11H(NICODEMUS) male saints (NICODEMUS) Iconclass
22C light Iconclass
22C2 artificial light Iconclass
22C9 darkness Iconclass
23R14 night Iconclass
31A231 standing figure Iconclass
31A235 sitting figure Iconclass
31A25331 pointing to the forehead with the index finger Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
41A711 table Iconclass
41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass
41B34 oil-lamp Iconclass
41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung' Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
48C145 architectural settings in paintings, sculptures, etc. Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
73C7216 Christ talking with Nicodemus at night (John 3:1-21) Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
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