Rich man lies on his deathbed. Family and friends mourn the dead man. A devil takes the rich man's soul to hell.
| 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 | The Death of the Rich Man, 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: Den Rijcken man stervende, wiert begraven ende ter hellen gevoert. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Lucae. 16.23. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 47 | |
| inscription reverse, centre: 4 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-HV |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-HV |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11434/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11K
devil(s) and demons
Iconclass
11K4 activities of devil(s) Iconclass 11K42 pact with the devil, selling one's soul to the devil Iconclass 11K43 devil or demons attacking mortals Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31E death of human being Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41A761 bed Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 31E12 deathbed Iconclass 42E131 mourning the dead Iconclass 73C85 parables and proverbial sayings of Christ ~ richness and poverty Iconclass 73C8522 Dives dies; his soul is brought into hell by devils Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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