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Series Title: Scenes of the Prophet Ahijah

The Prediction of Ahijah

1604

Jan Saenredam

(Dutch, 1565–1607)
published by

Jan Saenredam

(Dutch, 1565–1607)

after Abraham Bloemaert

(Dutch, 1566–1651)
Culture
Netherlands, early 17th Century
Medium
engraving
Support
Cream(1) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 25.5 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Louise S. Richards 1991.262
Catalogue raisonné
Hollstein XXIII.16.13
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Description

As punishment for the king's sins, the prophet predicts disaster saying, "those of your people who die in the city shall be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field shall be eaten by birds." Ahijah is seated, pointing to two dying people including the young man with the crown, presumably Jeroboam's son.
A vertically oriented black ink print on gray-white paper depicts a bearded man in robes and a hat seated beneath a gnarled tree on our right. He gestures toward two dogs in the lower left, who stand over a nude figure lying beside a crown. To our left, a tall ruined stone wall rises behind the body, while birds fly over a distant hillside in the background.

The Prediction of Ahijah

1604

Jan Saenredam, Jan Saenredam, Abraham Bloemaert

(Dutch, 1565–1607), (Dutch, 1565–1607), (Dutch, 1566–1651)
Netherlands, early 17th Century

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