Gideon Orders His Men to Drink Water, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien, 1659

burin engraving, paper
67 x 100 mm
Inv. 2014-FX

Pieter Hendriksz. Schut

Amsterdam ca. 1660 - 1680
engravers (printmakers)

Nicolaes I Visscher

Amsterdam 1618 - Amsterdam 1679
publisher

Nicolaes II Visscher

Amsterdam 1618 - Amsterdam 1709
publisher

print room religious symbolism figures (representations) Old Testament landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) 17th century

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Gédéon a amené ses hommes à l'eau et les a fait boire. Ceux qui lèchent l'eau avec leur langue sont emmenés au combat. Les hommes qui s'agenouillent pour boire l'eau sont renvoyés chez eux.

Artist	Pieter Hendriksz. Schut RKD Amsterdam ca. 1660 - 1680 engravers (printmakers)AAT
	Nicolaes I Visscher Amsterdam 1618 - Amsterdam 1679 publisherAAT
	Nicolaes II Visscher RKD Amsterdam 1618 - Amsterdam 1709 publisherAAT
Title	Gideon Orders His Men to Drink Water, 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: Volgens Godts bevel, wert het volck uytgesondert en aent water beproeft
	printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iudicum 7.5.
	printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 56
	inscription reverse, centre: 8
Collection	print room
Object type	burin engraving AAT
Inventory number	2014-FX
Acquisition credit	unknown 2014
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-FX
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11376/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300055874 religious symbolism AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass	21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H212 brook Iconclass 25H2143 pond, pool Iconclass 41C12 drinking Iconclass 45D313 private soldier Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71F2151 to select an army for a raid against the Midianites Gideon sends away the fearful and brings the remaining ten thousand men to the water Iconclass 71F2152 those who lap water by putting their hand to their mouth are separated from those who kneel down to drink the water ~ selection of Gideon's men Iconclass
School / Style	Baroque AAT

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