Cadmus slays the dragon that devoured his companions.
Artist |
Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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G. Rijckius
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Robert de Baudous
RKD
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Title | Cadmus Killing the Dragon, from Ovid's Metamorphoses |
Date | ca. 1615 |
Location | Haarlem TGN |
Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: 3 |
printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: HG. in | |
printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: R de Baud. EXC. | |
printed inscription outside the depiction, left middle: Ultor Agenorides soevum, procurrit in hostem,/ In faucesq. fere, sumumq. ignemq. vomentis | |
printed inscription outside the depiction, centre right: Ferrum adigit, lethumq. fugâ vitare parantem/ Figit in adversam connixus corpore quercum | |
printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: G. Rijckius | |
Collection | print room |
Object type | burin engraving AAT |
Inventory number | 2014-ML-1 |
Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-ML-1 |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11691/manifest.json |
Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT 25H landscapes Iconclass |
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Keywords Iconclass |
25FF41
fabulous animals ~ lizards
Iconclass
25FF411 dragon Iconclass 31A21 (human) skeleton Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31E death of human being Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 95A(CADMUS) (story of) Cadmus Iconclass 95A(CADMUS)34 Cadmus slays the dragon Iconclass |
School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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