In a mountainous landscape with a river, Christ stands in the foreground with the apostles. He gives them the power to cast out unclean spirits and cure every disease and malady. Then they are sent out on it in pairs. This is depicted left and right in the background (Mat 10:1).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | Christ Chooses His Apostles, 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: Laetissima orbi legatio. |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top right: Matthei. 10. 1. | |
| printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: Pe. V. Borcht | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 79 | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 0 | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-AAZ |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAZ |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6503/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H1124 boulder, stone Iconclass 25H12 dale, valley Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 25I2 village Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C7 Christ as teacher (part I): explaining his doctrine; teaching ~ parables and proverbs Iconclass 73C71 Christ and his twelve apostles: calling, mission and Transfiguration Iconclass 73C711 calling of the apostles Iconclass 73C712 mission of the apostles Iconclass 73C7121 Christ sends apostles out in pairs (Matthew 10:1-16; Mark 6:7-11; Luke 9:1-5) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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