Clymene Points to Phaethon's Father, the God of the Sun, to 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
The boy Phaethon kneels by his mother Clymene; he complains to her that Epaphus has questioned his divine origin. Clymene then points to the sky, insisting that the sun god is really his father. She advises Phaëton to seek out his father.

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) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 167 x 252 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-MK-9
Description
Subjects mythologies (religious concept) , figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, Phaethon Iconclass, story of Phaethon and the chariot of the sun Iconclass, Phaethon is taunted with not having a father, by Epaphus, son of Io and Jupiter Iconclass, Phaethon complaining to his mother Clymene, the Oceanid Iconclass, (story of) Apollo (Phoebus) Iconclass, sun as celestial body Iconclass, pointing to the forehead with the index finger Iconclass, the chariot of the sun Iconclass, clothes, costume Iconclass, trees Iconclass, farm (building) Iconclass, farm or solitary house in landscape 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-9
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11690/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-MK-9
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