Nebuchadnezzar had the three youths Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego thrown into a burning furnace after they refused to worship a golden statue. An angel sent by God kept the youngsters unharmed. Because the fire in the furnace was exceptionally hot, the men who brought the three to the furnace were killed by the blazing flames (Dan. 5:1).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | The Fiery Furnace, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum |
| Date |
ca. 1582 - 1593
ca. 1653 - 1654 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the dipiction, at the top: Praesens auxilium. |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top right: Daniel. 3. 1. | |
| printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: Pe. V. Borcht | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: 57 | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 58 | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-AAT |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAT |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6497/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11G
angels
Iconclass
21C fire (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 41C2543 oven ~ kitchen Iconclass 44B113 king Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71P the story of the prophet Daniel; his visions and prophecies Iconclass 71P13 the story of the three Hebrews in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3) Iconclass 71P131 King Nebuchadnezzar has a golden statue made and erected outside Babylon in the plain of Dura Iconclass 71P133 after the furnace has been heated seven times more, the three Hebrews are bound and thrown into the fire; their executioners are burnt by the flames Iconclass 71P134 to his astonishment King Nebuchadnezzar sees four men (one of them usually represented as an angel) in the furnace; the king commands them to come forth Iconclass 71P135 Shadrach, Mesach and Abed-nego are examined: they prove to be unharmed by the fire, whereupon King Nebuchadnezzar decrees that no one may criticize them Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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