Triptolemus

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Frans I Floris (after)
,
Hendrick Goltzius (publisher)
,
Cornelis Cort (engravers (printmakers))

Date

1565

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Triptolemus, the servant of the goddess of agriculture Ceres, walks to a barn with a sieve and a threshing flail. A dragon stands beside him.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Frans I Floris , Hendrick Goltzius VIAF RKD Wikidata, Cornelis Cort VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 288 x 221 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-MU-3
Description
Subjects mythologies (religious concept) , figures (representations) , animal paintings
Tags male sex; man Iconclass, standing figure Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass, Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, (story of) Ceres (Demeter) Iconclass, (story of) Triptolemus Iconclass, Ceres instructs Triptolemus and sends him about the world in her dragon-drawn chariot Iconclass, the mission of Triptolemus: he teaches agriculture to mankind Iconclass, agriculture Iconclass, cultivated land Iconclass, cultivation ~ agriculture Iconclass, agricultural implements Iconclass, fabulous animals ~ lizards Iconclass, dragon Iconclass, stall, stable Iconclass, hut, cabin, lodge Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MU-3
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11703/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-MU-3
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