Visioen van de rijke man in de hel, anonymous, Pieter van der Borcht (I), c. 1575 - c. 1599

Title(s)

Visioen van de rijke man in de hel
Gelijkenis van de rijke man en de arme Lazarus (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2008-488

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 87

Description

In de hemel zit Lazarus op de schoot van God. Beneden drijven duivels de rijke man de poort van de hel in. Met bovenschrift in het Latijn en onderschriften in het Frans en Nederlands.

Artist

• print maker: anonymous
• after design by: Pieter van der Borcht (I)
• publisher: Johannes Baptista Vrints (I)

Place

print maker: Antwerp
after design by: Antwerp
publisher: Antwerp

Dating

c. 1575 - c. 1599

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height c. 242 mm × width c. 296 mm

What

• in hell Dives sees Lazarus in paradise; usually Dives pointing at his tongue
• entrance of hell as monstrous mouth (of Leviathan)
• devil(s) and demons

Credit line

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

Acquisition

purchase 2008

Copyright

Public domain

• Peeter van der Borcht [ : 1 2004], cat.nr. 87