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Kaart van Palestina; Terrae Sanctae seu terrae promissionis nova descripto

Creator Name

Nicolaes van Geelkercken;
Nicolaes van Geelkercken

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Date

1621

About the Work

Rijksmuseum Object Description
Rechteronderplaat van een kaart van Palestina, met opschriften die betrekking hebben op de gebeurtenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament. In de rand vier voorstellingen uit het Nieuwe Testament: de kruisafneming, de opstanding van Christus, een Joodse hogepriester en het Laatste Oordeel. In een kader links onderaan een Nederlands onderschrift. Op het kader zit Johannes de Evangelist.

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Title

Kaart van Palestina; Terrae Sanctae seu terrae promissionis nova descripto

Creator

Nicolaes van Geelkercken, surveyor, landmeter, printmaker, pm, prentmaker, graveur (prenten);
Nicolaes van Geelkercken, surveyor, landmeter, printmaker, pm, prentmaker, graveur (prenten)

Worktype

map; kaart; print; prent

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Material

papier; paper

Dimensions

width 414 mm x height 548 mm;
plaatrand: breedte 414 mm x hoogte 548 mm

Technique

etsen; etching; engraving; graveren (drukprocedé)

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Date

1621

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Rights

Public domain

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Subjects

descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross, usually by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea who are standing on the ladders (both arms of Christ detached); the apostle John the Evangelist; possible attributes: book, cauldron, chalice with snake, eagle, palm, scroll; kaarten, atlassen; maps, atlases; comprehensive representation of Last Judgement: Christ (with sword and lily), often surrounded by elders and sometimes accompanied by Mary and John the Baptist, appears in the sky with trumpeting angels (and sometimes angels holding the instruments of the Passion); after the resurrection of the dead the blessed are led to heaven by angels, and the damned are dragged into hell by devils; high priest ~ hierarchy of priests; Resurrection of Christ; Israël; Palestina

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Nicolaes van Geelkercken, Kaart van Palestina; Terrae Sanctae seu terrae promissionis nova descripto, 1621, Rijksmuseum. Public domain.

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