A devil shows Christ a stone and asks him to turn the stone into bread as a sign of Christ's divinity (Matthew 4:1-11). On a mountain top behind, the devil shows Christ all the kingdoms of the world to tempt him. The print has a Latin caption; it is part of a series on the life of Christ.
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Cornelis I Galle
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | The Temptation of Christ in the Desert, 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: Accedens tentator dixit ei, si filius Dei es, dic ut lapides isti panes fiant |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Matth. 4. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 12. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: M. de Vos inventor. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Corn. Galle sculp. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan Galle excud. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LZ-9 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LZ-9 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11602/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 11K devil(s) and demons Iconclass 11K(SATAN) devil(s) and demons: Satan Iconclass 11K1 human-shaped devil Iconclass 11K41 devil(s) appearing to mortals, trying to seduce them; temptation Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73C2 story of the temptation of Christ in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13) Iconclass 73C21 Christ in the wilderness (desert) Iconclass 73C22 Christ, sometimes accompanied by guardian angel(s), tempted by Satan, who usually appears in human form Iconclass 73C221 'command these stones to become loaves of bread' ~ temptation of Christ in the wilderness Iconclass 73C223 'all these will I give you' (= the glory of the world) ~ temptation of Christ in the wilderness Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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