Landscape with the Temptation of Christ, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliiorum

Creator:

van der Borcht, Pieter I (etchers)
Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz. (publisher)

Period:

n/a

Date:

ca. 1582 - 1593
ca. 1653 - 1654

Institution:

Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent

Type:

prenten, estampes, and prints (visual works)

Subtype:

ets, eau-forte, and etching

Material:

papier, papier, and paper

Subject:

religieuze symboliek, symbolique religieuse, religious symbolism, figuurvoorstellingen, représentations de personnes, figures (representations), landschappen, paysages, and landscapes

Dimensions:

h 190 mm
b 247 mm

Object number:

2013-AAW

Description:

Het thema van de Verzoeking van Christus speelt zich af in een boomrijk rivierlandschap. Op de voorgrond wijst de Duivel op een aantal stenen op de grond en daagt Christus uit ze in broden te veranderen. Op de top van de berg belooft hij Christus alle koninkrijken van de wereld (Matt. 4:1-11).

Iconclass:

73 New Testament
11D Christ
11D3 Christ as adult
11K devil(s) and demons
11K1 human-shaped devil
11K41 devil(s) appearing to mortals, trying to seduce them; temptation
25G3 trees
25H11 mountains
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)
21D water (one of the four elements)
25H213 river
25H1124 boulder, stone
41C621 bread, loaf
25H112 rocks
73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion
73C2 story of the temptation of Christ in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13)
73C21 Christ in the wilderness (desert)
73C22 Christ, sometimes accompanied by guardian angel(s), tempted by Satan, who usually appears in human form
73C221 'command these stones to become loaves of bread' ~ temptation of Christ in the wilderness
47I213 sheep
25F26(HARE) rodents: hare
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city