Eleazar is beaten to death by order of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Mitrades) because he refused to eat pork (2. Makk. 6:30).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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|---|---|
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | The Martyrdom of Eleazar, 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: Praelata turpi vitae mors |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top right: 2. Machab. 6. 30. | |
| printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: Pe. V. Borcht | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: 06 | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 61 | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-AAS |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAS |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6496/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25I
city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D16 old man Iconclass 31E death of human being Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 44G373 corporal punishment in public Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 31E23 violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death Iconclass 41C692 kinds of meat Iconclass 45C12(STICK) weapons for striking a blow (STICK) Iconclass 47I212 pig Iconclass 48A712 the audience ~ art performance Iconclass 71Z (books of the) Maccabees Iconclass 71Z3 second book of the Maccabees (part I) Iconclass 71Z35 martyrdom of Eleazar: the old man is forced to eat pork and voluntarily submits to the flogging (2 Maccabees 6:18-31) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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