Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Martinus I van den Enden (publisher)
,
Jan van den Hoecke (after)
,
Cornelis Galle (engravers (printmakers))

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Jupiter and Mercury sit at table in the home of elderly couple Philemon and Baucis. Philemon is pouring wine to Jupiter. Baucis tries to grab a fleeing goose but Mercury stops her and says he recognises the old woman.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Martinus I van den Enden RKD , Jan van den Hoecke VIAF RKD Wikidata, Cornelis Galle VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 248 x 340 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-LA
Description
Subjects mythologies (religious concept) , interior views , figures (representations)
Tags (story of) Philemon and Baucis Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, (story of) Mercury (Hermes) Iconclass, (story of) Jupiter (Zeus) Iconclass, water-birds: goose Iconclass, interior of the house Iconclass, (civil) marriage ceremonies Iconclass, wine ~ alcoholic drinks Iconclass, alcoholic drinks Iconclass, table Iconclass, glass of wine Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass, old man Iconclass, old woman Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LA
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11616/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-LA
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