The Prophet of Bethel Meets the Man of God from Judah, Lambert Jacobsz, 1629

Identification

Title(s)

The Prophet of Bethel Meets the Man of God from Judah

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2814

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, lower left: ‘Lambert Jacobs fecit / Aº 1629.’

Description

De profeet van Bethel ontmoet de man Gods uit Juda. Gezeten onder de terebint ontmoet de Man Gods uit Juda de profeet van Bethel, gezeten op een ezel. Rechts een boerderij gebouwd bij een antieke ruïne.

Creation

Artist

painter: Lambert Jacobsz (signed by artist)

Dating

1629

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 82.5 cm × width 111.3 cm
frame: height 97.5 cm × width 126.5 cm
sight size: height 79 cm × width 108.5 cm

Subject

What

the old prophet rides off with his donkey, meets the prophet of Judah and invites him to his house

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 28-May-1918

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; ? collection J. Blom, Haarlem;{Coll. cat. 1960, p. 154, no. 1293.}...; sale, Kasteel Biljoen, collection Peltzer, portraits from a noble family in The Hague, private collection (Amsterdam) [not section Kasteel Biljoen], Amsterdam (F. Muller), 28 October 1918, no. 149, fl. 1,650, to the museum; on loan to the Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, since 1971

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 224-225
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 304

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.9397

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