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Artist(s) / maker(s)	Willem Hessels van Elst , Hendrick Goltzius VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type	burin engraving
Category	prints (visual works) AAT
Material	paper
Dimensions	164 x 246 mm
Location	Work currently not on display
Object number	2014-MK-6

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mythologies (religious concept) , figures (representations) , landscapes

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Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, (story of) Mercury (Hermes) Iconclass, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass, cow Iconclass, Battus changed into a touchstone: for violating the promise to keep Mercury's theft of Apollo's cattle a secret, Mercury turns Battus, the shepherd, into a touchstone (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 705) Iconclass, Mercury steals the flock which Apollo is tending, Battus present Iconclass, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, shawm Iconclass, theft Iconclass, boulder, stone Iconclass, rocks Iconclass, alliance, league, union, foedus Iconclass, shepherd's crook Iconclass, (scenes from) specific works of literature (OVID, Metamorphoses) Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass

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Data PURL	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MK-6
IIIF manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11687/manifest.json
LIDO XML	https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-MK-6

Mercurius verandert Battus in een steen, naar de Metamorfosen van Ovidius