Illustration: 71A311x71A421x71A422x71B331x71B421x71C124x71C1241x71C131311x71C1314x71C3121x1
General
| Title | the man (Adam) comes to life: usually God reaches out his hand or breathes life into his nostrils, Eve takes the fruit from the serpent (or the tree) in the presence of Adam (who may be trying to stop her), Eve offers the fruit to Adam, the ark is floating on the waters, while life on earth is destroyed ~ story of Noah, the building of the Tower of Babel; Nimrod may be present, supervising or assisting the construction, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: Lot and his family flee to Zoar, carrying their belongings; an angel may be showing the way (Genesis 19:24-29), Lot's wife looks back at the city and is transformed into a pillar of salt, when Abraham has his hand raised to kill Isaac, an angel restrains Abraham's hand, a ram caught in a thicket is sacrificed instead of Isaac, the dream of Jacob: while sleeping on the ground with a stone for pillow Jacob sees a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with angels going up and down; usually with God at the top of the ladder |
| Type | Illustration |
| Sizes | 95x219 |
| Material | Copper engraving |
| Colour | Black |
| Artist | Borcht, Pieter van der |
| Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra | 1702 |
| Iconclass | 71A311,71A421,71A422,71B331,71B421,71C124,71C1241,71C131311,71C1314,71C3121 |
| Iconclass description | the man (Adam) comes to life: usually God reaches out his hand or breathes life into his nostrils, Eve takes the fruit from the serpent (or the tree) in the presence of Adam (who may be trying to stop her), Eve offers the fruit to Adam, the ark is floating on the waters, while life on earth is destroyed ~ story of Noah, the building of the Tower of Babel; Nimrod may be present, supervising or assisting the construction, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: Lot and his family flee to Zoar, carrying their belongings; an angel may be showing the way (Genesis 19:24-29), Lot's wife looks back at the city and is transformed into a pillar of salt, when Abraham has his hand raised to kill Isaac, an angel restrains Abraham's hand, a ram caught in a thicket is sacrificed instead of Isaac, the dream of Jacob: while sleeping on the ground with a stone for pillow Jacob sees a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with angels going up and down; usually with God at the top of the ladder |
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