Simeon and Levi take their sister Dinah home after taking revenge on Shechem, who had dishonoured their sister. In the background, the brothers kill Shechem and his men, who were feverish after their circumcision and could not fight back.
| 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 | Simeon and Levi Take Dina Home, 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: Levi ende Simeon wreken de schendinge van haer Suster Dina |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Gensis 34.25. | |
| inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 34 | |
| inscription reverse, centre: 6 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-FT |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-FT |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11380/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25I
city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 31E235 violent death ~ maltreatment, torture Iconclass 71C3245 Simeon and Levi kill all the Shechemites and bring Dinah home, while the other brothers plunder the city Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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