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Portrait of the Archangel Jophiel (Rijksmuseum, Crispijn van de Passe I)

Christian Art

An engraving by Crispijn van de Passe (I) showing the archangel Jophiel holding a flaming sword and a rod, with Adam and Eve driven from paradise shown at left and Christ driving the money changers from the temple at right. Part of a series of archangel and angel prints in an album of predominantly Christian subjects. Held today by the Rijksmuseum.

Facts
Classification
Object Type
Print (Engraving, Etching, Woodcut or Lithograph) 1
Physical Form
Medium
Engraving, Rijksmuseum, series of archangels 1
Medium (class)
Engraving 1
Connections

Belongs to Tradition

Derived: this work depicts a figure already recorded as belonging to this tradition; the work-to-tradition link is inferred from that live depicts edge and the figures own attested tradition affiliation, not independently sourced beyond it.

Depicts

Jophiel, Figures

The print's own inscribed title, "Gervbim Iophiee," and the Rijksmuseum's own cataloguing name Jophiel as the subject.

Source Aartsengel Jophiel, Rijksmuseum (Crispijn van de Passe I)
Sources
1. Aartsengel Jophiel, Rijksmuseum (Crispijn van de Passe I)
Rijksmuseum
  • Rijksmuseum RP-P-1886-A-10004
  • catalogue record, medium/object-type description
    An engraving by Crispijn van de Passe (I) showing the archangel Jophiel holding a flaming sword and a rod, with Adam and Eve driven from paradise shown at left and Christ driving the money changers from the temple at right.
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