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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 AAT
Dimensions	164 x 246 mm
Location	Work currently not on display
Object number	2014-MK-6

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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, trees 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, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass, theft Iconclass, boulder, stone Iconclass, angels Iconclass, alliance, league, union, foedus Iconclass, shepherd's crook Iconclass, (scenes from) specific works of literature (OVID, Metamorphoses) Iconclass, the Bible as a book 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