Arthub Flanders

Hezekiah Has the Idols and the Copper Serpent Destroyed, from the series Toneel ofte vertooch der Bybelsche historien

Creator:
Schut, Pieter Hendriksz. (engravers (printmakers))
Visscher, Nicolaes I (publisher)
Visscher, Nicolaes II (publisher)
Period:
n/a
Date:
1659
Institution:
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent
Type:
prenten, estampes, and prints (visual works)
Subtype:
burijngravure, gravure au burin, and burin engraving
Material:
papier, papier, and paper
Subject:
religieuze symboliek, symbolique religieuse, religious symbolism, figuurvoorstellingen, représentations de personnes, figures (representations), and gezicht op een stad, stadspanorama, omtrek van een stad
Dimensions:
h 67 mm
b 100 mm
Object number:
2014-FD
Description:
Koning Hizkia geeft opdracht om de offerplaatsen en beelden van afgoden te vernietigen. Twee mannen slaan in op de koperen slang van Mozes. Op de achtergrond halen zijn mannen een ander beeld omver.
Iconclass:
71 Old Testament
71L24 story of Hezekiah (Ezechias), son of Ahaz, king of Judah (2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chronicles 29-32)
71L24121 Hezekiah breaks Moses' brazen serpent
11N4 Unbelief, 'Infidelitas'
11N41 Idolatry; 'Idololatria', 'Religione finta' (Ripa)
11N42 Heresy; 'Heresia' (Ripa)
25F42 snakes
25D13(COPPER) minerals and metals: copper
44B113 king
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
41A14 urban housing
25H114 low hill country
45D313 private soldier
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