Paul and Silas and their fellow prisoners are freed from their shackles by an earthquake. The jailer, seeing that all the doors have burst open, wants to commit suicide with his sword, but Paul and Silas dissuade him from doing so. Below in the margin is a reference to the Bible text and title in Greek, English, German, Latin, French and Dutch. 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 |
Joseph Mulder
RKD
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Arnold Houbraken
RKD
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| Title | Paul and Silas in Prison |
| Date | ca. 1720 - 1728 |
| Period | 18th century |
| 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-DN |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-DN |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8849/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11H(PAUL)
the apostle Paul of Tarsus; possible attributes: book, scroll, sword
Iconclass
22C light Iconclass 22C2 artificial light Iconclass 22C9 darkness Iconclass 23R14 night Iconclass 41B32 torch Iconclass 41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung' Iconclass 44G31 imprisonment Iconclass 44G311 prison, jail Iconclass 44G3111 prison personnel: jailers, warders, guards Iconclass 44G312 prisoner; in fetters Iconclass 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73F2233443 the prison-doors are opened by an earthquake ~ Paul and Silas in prison Iconclass 73F2233444 Paul and Silas prevent the warder from committing suicide (story of the conversion of the warder Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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