Mercury

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Jan Saenredam (engravers (printmakers))
,
Hendrick Goltzius (after)
,
Cornelius Schonaeus (author)

Date

1596

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Amid several artists, the naked Mercury stands on a pedestal as ruler of the arts. In the foreground, two writers are having a discussion. In the sky we see the symbols of Mercury (centre) and the constellations twins (left) and virgin (right). The print is part of a series of seven representations called the planetary gods.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Jan Saenredam VIAF RKD Wikidata, Hendrick Goltzius VIAF RKD Wikidata, Cornelius Schonaeus
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 237 x 175 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-MV-4
Description
Subjects allegory (artistic device) AAT, mythologies (religious concept) , figures (representations)
Tags male sex; man Iconclass, standing figure Iconclass, sitting figure Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, (story of) Mercury (Hermes) Iconclass, portrait, self-portrait of artist Iconclass, portrait, self-portrait of painter Iconclass, portrait of a writer Iconclass, writer, poet, author Iconclass, symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ art; 'Arte' (Ripa) Iconclass, easel Iconclass, palette Iconclass, maulstick Iconclass, brushes ~ implements of painter Iconclass, Gemini (zodiacal sign of May) Iconclass, summer, 'Aestas'; 'Estate' (Ripa) Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MV-4
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11707/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-MV-4
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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