| 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 | Governor Joseph Distributing Corn in Egypt, 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: JCVisscher Excudit |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 32 | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: de kindren Iakobs buijghen voor haer Broeder Ioseph en versoecken koorn | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Genesis 42.6. | |
| inscription reverse, centre: 4 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-GN |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-GN |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11420/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015571 cityscapes (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 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A233 kneeling figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 46A151 beggar Iconclass 46A212 giving alms or other charity, e.g.: handing out food Iconclass 46B31 money Iconclass 46B311 coin Iconclass 47I111 cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71D Genesis: the story of Joseph Iconclass 71D1 story of Joseph (part I) Iconclass 71D17 first journey of Joseph's brothers to Egypt (Genesis 42) Iconclass 71D176 Joseph's brothers are given corn; Joseph orders money to be placed secretly in their sacks Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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