The prophets Elisha, Jonah and Obadiah stand side by side in a landscape. Elisha has a two-headed bird on his shoulder and stands next to Naaman, who, on Elisha's advice, is bathing in the Jordan River. Jonah stands next to the fish, Obadiah has three loaves of bread and a jug in his hands.
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Pieter Hendriksz. Schut
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Jan I Snellinck
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Nicolaes I Visscher
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Nicolaes II Visscher
RKD
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| Title | The Prophets Elisha, Jonah and Obadiah, 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: C J Visscher Excu. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Eliseus. Ionas. Abdias. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 167. | |
| inscription reverse, centre: 9 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-HX |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-HX |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11431/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11I11
the four major prophets (not in biblical context): Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel
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11I62(OBADIAH) the prophet Obadiah (not in biblical context); possible attributes: book or scroll, bread and jar, prophets at his feet (because of the erroneous identification with his namesake, Ahab's governor, who hid and fed a hundred prophets) Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25F9 mis-shapen animals; monsters Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 31A4622 leprosy Iconclass 31AA4622 leprosy - AA - epidemic diseases Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71N story of Elisha (Eliseus) Iconclass 71N16 Naaman's leprosy (2 Kings 5) Iconclass 71N162 Naaman comes to the Jordan, dips himself seven times and is cured Iconclass 71S3 the book of Obadiah Iconclass 71V the book of Jonah Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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