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The Parable of the Good Shepherd, Unknown artist

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The Parable of the Good Shepherd

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The Parable of the Good Shepherd, 1565

Blatt: 223 x 293 mm

Inventory Number: 50282

Object Number: 50282 D

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: The Parable of the Good Shepherd

Publisher

Johannes Galle

Period Produced

16th century

Object Type

art print

Material

handmade paper

Technique

copperplate engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Bezeichnet in der Platte unten links: BRVEGEL·IN·VEN· ; unten mittig: Io. Galle exc. unten rechts: PG. [Monogramm] F.; mittig oberhalb der Tür: ·IOHA ·10· / EGO SVM OSTIVM OVIVM; oben links: Bonus pastor animam suam dat pro ouibus suis. ; oben rechts: Malus autem pastor oves suas deserit. ; unten mittig: HIC TVTÒ STABVLATE VIRI, SVCCEDITE TECTIS; / ME PASTORE OVIVM, IANVA LAXA PATET. // QUID LATERA, AVT CULMEN PERRVMPITIS? (erstes R kleiner hinzugefügt) ISTA LVPORVM, / ATQUE FVRVM LEX EST, QVOS MEA CAVLA FUGIT · HAD.IV

Captions Added Later: Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit Inventarnummer sowie Stempel Brönner, Lugt 307

Watermark: Mittig links Wasserzeichenfragment "FD", Majuskeln, einkonturig
Mittig rechts Wasserzeichenfragment von unbestimmter Bedeutung, einkonturig, ähnlich einer Kopfbedeckung mit eingerolltem Seitenteil sowie Verlängerung an der Spitze

Work Catalogues: NHD (Bruegel) 3 IV/IV
NHD (Galle) 146 IV/IV
Hollstein (III) 122 III/III

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

73C821the good shepherd (Christ) defending his sheep against wolves; 'I am the good shepherd' (John 10:1-16)
73C8211'I am the door of the sheep' ~ parable of the good shepherd
73C8212'thieves and robbers' climb on the roof of the sheepfold ~ parable of the good shepherd
73C8214the hireling is not the shepherd, he runs away when the wolf is coming ~ parable of the good shepherd
11D3271Christ as Good Shepherd

Secondary

47I213sheep
47I2211herd, flock
47I2271stall, stable
41A542gate, entrance
25F23(WOLF)beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf

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10.08.2026