Twice Gideon asks the Lord to show him a sign with a sheep's fleece before his raid against the Midianites
| Artist |
Pieter Hendriksz. Schut
RKD
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Nicolaes I Visscher
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Nicolaes II Visscher
RKD
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| Title | Gideon and the Fleece, 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, bottom left: JCVisscher Excu. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Op t' versoeck van Gideon, viel den dauw alleen op dit vel, en daer nae op d'aerde | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: iudicum 6. 37. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 55 | |
| inscription on the back, at the right: 1 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-GO |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-GO |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11418/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C3
supernatural light
Iconclass
31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A233 kneeling figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 41A191 tent Iconclass 45D313 private soldier Iconclass 47I213 sheep Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71F2 Judges 6-12 Iconclass 71F21 the time of Gideon (Jerubbaal) ~ the book of Judges Iconclass 71F214 Gideon assembles the people for a raid against the Midianites (Judges 6:33-40) Iconclass 71F2143 twice Gideon asks the Lord to show him a sign with a sheep's fleece before his raid against the Midianites Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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