| Artist |
Pieter Hendriksz. Schut
RKD
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|---|---|
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Nicolaes I Visscher
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Nicolaes II Visscher
RKD
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| Title | Rahab Hides the Spies, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien |
| Date | 1659 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: De hoere Rahab verbercht Iosuaes verspieders en laet haer buyten afdalen. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iosua 2.1. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 49 | |
| inscription reverse, centre: 1 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-FV |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-FV |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11378/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
12A43
the Temple (in general) ~ Jewish religion
Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 25I146 city-walls Iconclass 33C5 prostitution Iconclass 33C52 whore, prostitute Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 45F22 (military) espionage Iconclass 45F220 'Spia' (Ripa) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71E5213 story of Rahab and the spies Iconclass 71E52131 the two spies sent by Joshua find lodging at the house of Rahab, a harlot Iconclass 71E52132 the king of Jericho is told that two Israelites have come, and he sends a searching-party to find them Iconclass 71E52133 Rahab hides the two spies on her roof under stalks of flax Iconclass 71E52136 Rahab, whose house was built in the city wall, lets the spies down from the window by means of a red rope Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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