The prophet Elisha, left in the background, curses the children who mock him. As punishment, they are devoured by bears.
| Artist |
Frederick Bloemaert
RKD
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Abraham Bloemaert
RKD
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Nicolaes I Visscher
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| Title | Touch, from the series The Five Senses |
| Date | ca. 1632 - 1670 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Tactus |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 5 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-KK-5 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-KK-5 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11522/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F24(BOAR)
hoofed animals: boar
Iconclass
31A3 the (five) senses Iconclass 31A35 feeling (one of the five senses) Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 33B11 mocking, insulting; teasing Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71N story of Elisha (Eliseus) Iconclass 71N2 the cursing of the children: when Elisha is on his way some children mock him for his baldness; Elisha curses them (2 Kings 2:23-25) Iconclass 71N21 two bears come out of the woods and tear the children who were mocking Elisha to pieces Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
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