Diana

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 hunters and fishermen, Diana stands on a pedestal with bow and arrow as the ruler of shipping and fishing. In the background is a view of the coast with several ships. In the sky, we see the symbol of the constellation lobster. 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 173 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-MV-5
Description
Subjects allegory (artistic device) AAT, mythologies (religious concept) , figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, sea (seascape) Iconclass, coast Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, ships (in general) Iconclass, hunting, chase Iconclass, hunter Iconclass, archer's weapons: arrow Iconclass, archer's weapons: bow Iconclass, (story of) Diana (Artemis) Iconclass, fishes Iconclass, fisherman Iconclass, commercial fishery Iconclass, sea and coastal fishery Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass, rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Iconclass, sluice, weir Iconclass, brook Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass, standing figure Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MV-5
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11708/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-MV-5
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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