Minerva Asks Envy to Ignite Jealousy in Aglauros, 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
Minerva stands by the cave where Envy lives and asks her to make Aglauros jealous of her sister Herse. After all, the goddess is still angry with Aglauros: she took the initiative at the time to open the basket containing Erichthonius, which Minerva had entrusted to the daughters of Cecrops on condition that they leave it closed.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Willem Hessels van Elst , Hendrick Goltzius VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Material paper
Dimensions 166 x 250 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-MK-8
Description
Subjects mythologies (religious concept) , figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, cave, grotto Iconclass, old woman Iconclass, Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins Iconclass, (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena) Iconclass, Minerva visits the cave of Envy (Invidia) in order to punish Aglauros Iconclass, storm Iconclass, downpour, rain shower Iconclass, rocks 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-8
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11689/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-MK-8
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