Obadja, Cornelis Galle (I), after Jan van der Straet, 1613

Title(s)

Obadja
Icones Prophetarum Veteris Testamenti (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

12/27

Object number

RP-P-1963-217

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 15

Inscriptions / marks

Description

De profeet Obadja met een doek om zijn hoofd, in ovaal met Latijns randschrift.

Artist

• print maker: Cornelis Galle (I)
• after drawing by: Jan van der Straet
• publisher: Theodoor Galle

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1613

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 175 mm × width 130 mm

What

• the prophet Obadiah (not in biblical context); possible attributes: book or scroll, bread and jar, prophets at his feet (because of the erroneous identification with his namesake, Ahab's governor, who hid and fed a hundred prophets)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1963

Copyright

Public domain

• Fouceel - Gole, p. 49, cat.nr. 15