On the left, John the Baptist is in prison. John hears about Christ's appearance there and sends two of his disciples to him asking if he is the messiah (Mat 11:2). Christ is at the centre of the river landscape, with a large group of listeners on the right.
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | Christ Answering the Disciples of John the Baptist, 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: Ubi rerum testimonia adsunt, non opus ets verbis. |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top left: Matthei. 11. 2. | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 77 | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Pe. V. Borcht | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-ABA |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-ABA |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6504/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 11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST) John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks 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 44G31 imprisonment Iconclass 44G311 prison, jail Iconclass 44G312 prisoner; in fetters Iconclass 46A7 crowd, mob Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C72 Christ explaining his doctrine Iconclass 73C721 Christ explaining his doctrine to the apostles and disciples Iconclass 73C725 Christ explaining his doctrine to disciples of John the Baptist Iconclass 73C7251 two disciples of John the Baptist are sent to Christ (Matthew 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23) Iconclass 73C7252 'I tell you that Elijah has already come' ~ Christ explaining his doctrine to disciples of John the Baptist (Matthew 17:12; Mark 9:13) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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