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Angel with Lance, Sponge and Dice, from the series Theatrum Passionis Christi

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 154 x 110 mm
  • Inv. 2014-OU

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An angel holds the lance and sponge of crucifixion in his hands. In front of him on the table are the robe of Christ and the dice.

Artist

Aegidius II Sadeler RKD
Antwerp 1568 - Prague 1629
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Title Angel with Lance, Sponge and Dice, from the series Theatrum Passionis Christi
Period 17th century
Medium and support burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings printed inscription in the depiction, below: EG: Sadeler fecit
printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Spongia fel, tunicam talus, fert hasta cruorem / Hic pota, hic lude, hic te tege, teqB' fode.
inscription on the reverse
stamps (tools) on the reverse: STAD GENT / MUSEUM VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
Inventory number 2014-OU
Acquisition credit
onbekend
2014
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-OU
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11750/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11G angels Iconclass
31A5462 brush, sponge, etc. (toilet articles) Iconclass
43C552 dice Iconclass
45C14(LANCE) helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
73D82(DICE) single instruments of the Passion (DICE) Iconclass
73D82(LANCE) lance ~ instruments of the Passion Iconclass
73D82(SHROUD) shroud ~ instruments of the Passion Iconclass
73D82(SPONGE) single instruments of the Passion (SPONGE) Iconclass
School / Style Renaissance AAT
Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XXI. Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : Text ; Vol. XXII : Plates / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein, Dieuwke De Hoop Scheffer, Karel Gerard Boon. - Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1980 (22)
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