Illustration: 73C821x73C8214x73C8213x1
General
| Title | the good shepherd (Christ) defending his sheep against wolves; 'I am the good shepherd' (John 10:1-16), the hireling is not the shepherd, he runs away when the wolf is coming ~ parable of the good shepherd, the sheep follow the good shepherd ~ parable of the good shepherd |
| Type | Illustration |
| Sizes | 104x74 |
| Material | Woodcut |
| Colour | Black |
| Artist | Christoffel (2) van Sichem |
| Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra | 1657 |
| Iconclass | 73C821,73C8214,73C8213 |
| Iconclass description | the good shepherd (Christ) defending his sheep against wolves; 'I am the good shepherd' (John 10:1-16), the hireling is not the shepherd, he runs away when the wolf is coming ~ parable of the good shepherd, the sheep follow the good shepherd ~ parable of the good shepherd |
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (John) vol.2 p.R1r |
References
Literature references
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306
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