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The Burial of Jacob, from the series Cursus Omnium Creaturarum Dei, ca. 1580 - 1584

  • engravings, paper
  • 215 x 250 mm
  • Inv. 2014-NQ

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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 Collaert RKD
Antwerp ca. 1555 - 1560 - Antwerp 1618
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Hans Bol RKD
Mechelen 1534 - Amsterdam 1593
after

Sadeler
publisherAAT

Title The Burial of Jacob, from the series Cursus Omnium Creaturarum Dei
Date ca. 1580 - 1584
Period 16th century
Medium and support engravings AAT
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
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H213 river Iconclass
42E burial rites Iconclass
42E14 placing the corpse in the coffin Iconclass
42E23 burial Iconclass
42E31 grave, tomb Iconclass
42E131 mourning the dead Iconclass
42E132 lamentation (~ burial rites) Iconclass
43A49 public funeral Iconclass
46C112 bridge Iconclass
47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass
47I2211 herd, flock Iconclass
47I228 cattle driving, cattle driver Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
71 Old Testament Iconclass
71D25 Jacob's death (Genesis 49:33, 50:1-14) Iconclass
71D253 Jacob is buried in the cave of Machpelah Iconclass
School / Style Renaissance AAT
Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. IV. Brun - Coques / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (205)
Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. III. Boekhorst - Brueghel / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978 (51)
Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. V. Cornelisz. - Dou / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger, 1949- ; Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1978
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