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Mercurius verandert Battus in een steen, naar de Metamorfosen van Ovidius, 1590

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 164 x 246 mm
  • Inv. 2014-MK-6

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Mercury stole Apollo's flock. Battus broke his promise to keep this secret upon which Mercury turned him into a stone.

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius RKD
Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617
workshop / studio

Hendrick Goltzius RKD
Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617
after

Willem Hessels van Elst
Gorinchem 1542 - Douai 1613
authorAAT

Hendrick Goltzius RKD
Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617
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Title Mercurius verandert Battus in een steen, naar de Metamorfosen van Ovidius
Date 1590
Period 16th century
Location Haarlem TGN
Medium and support burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 16
printed inscription outside the depiction, left middle: Septenis Phebo inflatur dum fistula cannis,/ Duxit Atlantiades in iuga celsa bones.
printed inscription outside the depiction, centre right: Judiacat hoc Battus; Maia mox ringitur ortus,/ Fit Battusq. index ille repente lapis
inscription on the reverse: [...]
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
Inventory number 2014-MK-6
Acquisition credit unknown
2014
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MK-6
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11687/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass
25H1124 boulder, stone Iconclass
44B45 alliance, league, union, foedus Iconclass
44G544 theft Iconclass
47I2112 cow Iconclass
47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass
47I2213 shepherd's crook Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
48C73512 clarinet, bassoon, oboe, shawm Iconclass
83(OVID, Metamorphoses) (scenes from) specific works of literature (OVID, Metamorphoses) Iconclass
9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass
92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass
92B5 (story of) Mercury (Hermes) Iconclass
92B5421 Mercury steals the flock which Apollo is tending, Battus present Iconclass
97F1 Battus changed into a touchstone: for violating the promise to keep Mercury's theft of Apollo's cattle a secret, Mercury turns Battus, the shepherd, into a touchstone (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 705) Iconclass
School / Style Renaissance AAT
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