Frontispiece with the rescue of ancient art treasures by the gods for the book Romanae et Graecae antiquitatis monumenta by Hubert Goltzius
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Peter Paul Rubens (after),
Cornelis Galle (engravers (printmakers))
,
Balthasar II Moretus (publisher)
Date
ca. 1632 - 1645, ca. 1645Period
17 centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Father Time and Death thrust the representatives of ancient cultures into an abyss. The gods attempt to save ancient art treasures. Mercury lifts a Roman statue from a pit, Hercules passes a basket of ancient coins and Minerva helps a man take delivery of the basket. In the centre is a bust depicting the personification of the Antiquities, with laurel…
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Father Time and Death thrust the representatives of ancient cultures into an abyss. The gods attempt to save ancient art treasures. Mercury lifts a Roman statue from a pit, Hercules passes a basket of ancient coins and Minerva helps a man take delivery of the basket. In the centre is a bust depicting the personification of the Antiquities, with laurel wreath and book.
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