Early Christian hermit Marcus Eremita sits by a cave in a forest landscape. He is copying the Bible. In the left corner is a frog.
| Artist |
Raphael I Sadeler
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Hans Sadeler
RKD
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| Title | Mark the Hermit (Marcus Eremita), from the series Sylvae Sacrae Monumenta |
| Date | 1594 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Munich TGN TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: R. Sadeler. fec. |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: M. de. Vos. figu | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Praebuit huic Marco [...] / Christo caelitibusq. fuit. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Multa manu scripsit [...] / [...] exemplo profuit atq. man [...] | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: 2 | |
| inscription reverse, centre: F Maeyer/ IHBronel [?] | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LS |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LS |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11651/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11H
saints
Iconclass
11Q3 ascetic life and practice Iconclass 11Q31 mortification of the senses ~ ascetic life Iconclass 11Q331 anchorite, hermit Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25F51(FROG) tailless amphibians: frog Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25H119 cave, grotto Iconclass 25H15 forest, wood Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H212 brook Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 49L11 handwriting, writing as activity Iconclass 49L511 quill Iconclass 49L6 writing accessories Iconclass 49L62 ink-well Iconclass 7 Bible Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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