Christ sits by a well in conversation with a Samaritan woman. He asks her for some water from her pitcher. The apostles are in the background (John 4:1-30). The print has a Latin caption; it is part of a series on the life of Christ.
| Artist |
Jan-Baptist Barbé
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | Christ and the Samaritan Woman, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv Christi |
| Date | ca. 1598 - 1618 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iesus fatigatus ex itinere, sedebat sic supra fontem. Venit mulier de Samaria haurire aquam. Dicit ei Iesus, Da mihi bibere. |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Ioan.4. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 15. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: M. de Vos invent. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan. Baptista Barbe sculp. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan. Galle excud. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LZ-11 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LZ-11 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11604/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11Q712 church (exterior) Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 25I1461 city-gate Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 41A3911 well Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 45K14 fortified city Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C722 Christ explaining his doctrine to women and children Iconclass 73C7221 the woman of Samaria (John 4:4-42) Iconclass 73C72212 Christ and the woman of Samaria: sitting at Jacob's well he asks her for a drink from her jug Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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