Theseus Lifting Up the Stone Under Which the Weapons of Aegeus Lie

Public Domain

Artist / maker

Andries Cornelis Lens (painters (artists))

Periods

18th century, 19th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The painting depicts the mythological story of Theseus, the son of the legendary king of Athens, Aegeus. When Aegus left his pregnant wife Aethra, he hid his sword and sandals under a rock. He told her to send him his son when he was strong enough to move the rock with his own hands. He would recognise his son by…
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The painting depicts the mythological story of Theseus, the son of the legendary king of Athens, Aegeus. When Aegus left his pregnant wife Aethra, he hid his sword and sandals under a rock. He told her to send him his son when he was strong enough to move the rock with his own hands. He would recognise his son by his sword and sandals.
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More about this work

Features
Artist / maker Andries Cornelis Lens
Type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Category paintings (visual works) AAT
Materials oil paint , canvas
Dimensions 112.5 x 99.5 cm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2022-C
Description
Subject mythologies (religious concept)
Tags gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, (story of) Theseus Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, rocks Iconclass, weapons Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2022-C
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7040/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2022-C
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