The Glorification of Venus

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Urbanus Leyniers (workshop / studio)
,
Jan van Orley (cartoons (working drawings))
,
Hendrik Reydams (workshop / studio)
,
Daniël II Leyniers (workshop / studio)
,
Aurèle Augustin Coppens (cartoons (working drawings))

Date

1717

Period

18th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Urbanus Leyniers VIAF RKD , Jan van Orley VIAF RKD Wikidata, Hendrik Reydams RKD , Daniël II Leyniers , Aurèle Augustin Coppens VIAF RKD
Type tapestries AAT
Category textiles (visual works)
Materials wool (textile) AAT , silk (textile) AAT
Dimensions 408 x 515 cm
Object number 1994-F-3
Description
Subject mythologies (religious concept) AAT
Tags Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, the great goddesses of Heaven, and their train Iconclass, (story of) Venus (Aphrodite) Iconclass, early life, prime youth of Venus Iconclass, birth of Venus; Venus Anadyomene: after Uranus' castration Venus rises from the sea wringing the water from her hair; usually she is awaited by the Hours Iconclass, Venus, standing on a shell, sails with her veil over the water (alternatively she is riding on a dolphin): Venus Marina Iconclass, (story of) Neptune (Poseidon) Iconclass, (story of) Amphitrite Iconclass, (story of) Jupiter (Zeus) Iconclass, (story of) Apollo (Phoebus) Iconclass, (story of) Mars (Ares) Iconclass, (story of) Hercules (Heracles) Iconclass, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass, trees Iconclass, sea Iconclass, river bank Iconclass, adultery Iconclass, nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa) Iconclass, satyrs, fauns, Sileni Iconclass, swimming mammals: dolphin Iconclass, clouds Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1994-F-3
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3958/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:1994-F-3

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