Apollo Kills the Giant Snake Python, after Ovid's Metamorphoses

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Willem Hessels van Elst (author)
,
Hendrick Goltzius (publisher)

Date

1590

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Apollo kills the giant snake Python (depicted here more like a dragon, with legs) with many arrows.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Willem Hessels van Elst , Hendrick Goltzius VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 177 x 254 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-MK-5
Description
Subjects mythologies (religious concept) , figures (representations) , animal paintings , landscapes
Tags representations ~ gods, demi-gods, heroes, etc. (Greek religion) Iconclass, representations ~ gods, demi-gods, heroes etc. (Roman religion) Iconclass, animals Iconclass, fabulous animals ~ lizards Iconclass, dragon Iconclass, dragon (+ variant) Iconclass, snakes Iconclass, Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, (story of) Apollo (Phoebus) Iconclass, Apollo shoots Python, the dragon Iconclass, (scenes from) specific works of literature (OVID, Metamorphoses) Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MK-5
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11686/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-MK-5
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