Minerva stands by the cave where Envy lives and asks her to make Aglauros jealous of her sister Herse. After all, the goddess is still angry with Aglauros: she took the initiative at the time to open the basket containing Erichthonius, which Minerva had entrusted to the daughters of Cecrops on condition that they leave it closed.
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Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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Willem Hessels van Elst
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Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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| Title | Minerva Asks Envy to Ignite Jealousy in Aglauros, after Ovid's Metamorphoses |
| 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: 18. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, left middle: Invidie sedes, et luce carentia regna/ Mersa chao informi torna Minerva subit. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre right: Mandat inulta poli nè sydera spectet Aglauros/ Illa dec magne iussa repente facit. | |
| inscription: [...] | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-MK-8 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MK-8 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11689/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11N32
Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins
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25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H119 cave, grotto Iconclass 26B rain Iconclass 26C3 storm Iconclass 31D17 old woman Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) 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 92C2 (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena) Iconclass 92C254 Minerva visits the cave of Envy (Invidia) in order to punish Aglauros Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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