Anoniem Zuidelijke Nederlanden (historische regio) tweede helft 16e eeuw or attributed to Jacob de Backer

Object category

Physical connection Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

part of a series

Anoniem, De Zeven Hoofdzonden: Avaritia of de Hebzucht (part of a series)
Anoniem, De Zeven Hoofdzonden: Inganno of de Sluwheid (part of a series)
Anoniem, De Zeven Hoofdzonden: Invidia of de Afgunst. Op de achtergrond: Jozef door zijn broers in de put geworpen (links; Genesis 37:24) en de duivel zaait tares tussen het graan (rechts; Matteus 13:25) (part of a series)
Anoniem, De Zeven Hoofdzonden: Superbia of de Hoogmoed (part of a series)
Anoniem, De Zeven Hoofdzonden: Gula of de Gulzigheid (part of a series)
Anoniem, De Zeven Hoofdzonden: Luxuria of de Wellust. Op de achtergrond de vrouw en de zevenkoppige draak (rechts; Openbaring 12) (part of a series)

Support/medium

canvas, oil paint

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (landscape format) 115 x 142 cm

Current attribution: Anoniem (Zuidelijke Nederlanden (historische regio)) tweede helft 16e eeuw
: or attributed to Jacob de Backer
Foucart 1994

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: second half 16e century (1550 - 1599)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Ira, de Toorn, een van de Zeven Hoofdzonden; op de achtergrond: Kaïn vermoordt Abel (Genesis 4:8) en de steniging van de H. Stefanus (Handelingen 7:54)
English title: Ira, or Anger, one of the Cardinal Sins; in the background Cain slaying Abel (Genesis 4:8) and the Stoning of saint Stephen (Acts 7:54)
Keywords: Christian religious scene, personification, Old Testament and Apocrypha, New Testament and Apocrypha, stoning, saint, cock, murder, cockfight
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 11N33
Anger; 'Ira' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins
73F3563
the stoning of Stephen; the witnesses lay down their clothes at Saul's feet
71A82
the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club
43C1431
cock-fighting

Collection(s): Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Napels , inv./cat.nr C 1317

Literature

R. Causa (red.), cat. Le collezioni del Museo di Capodimonte Napoli, Milaan 1982, p. 149, afb. p. 116
J. Foucart, '"Les Sept Peches Capitaux" de l'anversois Jaques de Backer', in: Hommage à Michel Laclotte. Etudes sur la peinture du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance, Milaan/Parijs 1994, p. 447-455 en afb. 513, als Jacob de Backer

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

on Anoniem, Zuidelijke Nederlanden, tweede helft 16de eeuw, Original location BD/RKD/0318 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature 2 (img.nr. 0000018082)

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Entered on: 1999-04-07; Last modification: 2015-11-20

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