In a forest landscape, Jacob is buried in the Cave of Machpelah (the Cave of the Patriarchs) in the lower left. Shepherds with their cattle and a river with a bridge can be seen in the lower right, with a vast landscape in the background.
Artist | Adriaen CollaertRKD |
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Title | The Burial of Jacob, from the series Cursus Omnium Creaturarum Dei |
Date | ca. 1580 - 1584 |
Period | 16th century |
Medium and support | engravingsAAT |
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, below: A. Collaert. fec: HBol inuent: / Sadler. excud: |
printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Libertas etenim interitum, atque aeterna Seguetur / E Seruitute gloria. / Gloriae enim fructum Vita haud capit ista futurae: / Solatio Spes eSt tamen. / Rom 8 | |
inscription on the reverse: 505 | |
Collection | print room |
Object type | engravings AAT |
Inventory number | 2014-NQ |
Acquisition credit | onbekend 2014 |
Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NQ |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11721/manifest.json |