Jacob puts peeled branches in the sheep's watering troughs to ensure that the white sheep would give birth to spotted cubs. In doing so, he deceives Laban who has agreed with him that he will receive all the spotted animals as wages (Gen 30:37).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | Jacob puts peeled branches in the sheep's drinking troughs, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliiorum |
| 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: Sic ars deluditur arte. |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top right: Genesis. 30. 37 | |
| printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: 40 | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 41 | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-AAJ |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAJ |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6488/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25H11
mountains
Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 41A3911 well Iconclass 41C121 giving drink Iconclass 47I213 sheep Iconclass 47I2211 herd, flock Iconclass 47I228 cattle driving, cattle driver Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71C3 story of Jacob Iconclass 71C316 the partnership with Laban ~ story of Jacob (Genesis 30:25-43) Iconclass 71C3163 Jacob puts peeled rods in the animals' drinking troughs to make the beasts bear spotted young Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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