The Labyrinth of Crete

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Matthijs Cock (after)
,
Hieronymus Cock (publisher)

Date

ca. 1551 - 1558

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
A group of hunters watch the Cretan labyrinth, a circular labyrinth in the water, from a hill. The labyrinth is in a bay, accessed from land via a drawbridge. A town lies on the bay and a castle on the left.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Matthijs Cock , Hieronymus Cock VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type etching
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 201 x 293 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-P
Description
Subjects landscapes , figures (representations)
Tags landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, sea (seascape) Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, gulf, bay Iconclass, labyrinth, maze ~ garden Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, sitting figure Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass, riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass, hunter Iconclass, hunting, chase Iconclass, hunting dogs Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (CRETE) Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-P
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11763/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-P
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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