Apollo Kills the Giant Snake Python, after Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1590

Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617
workshop / studio

Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617
after

Gorinchem 1542 - Douai 1613
author

Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617
publisher

print room mythologies (religious concept) figures (representations) representations ~ gods, demi-gods, heroes, etc. (Greek religion) representations ~ gods, demi-gods, heroes etc. (Roman religion) 16th century

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Apollo kills the giant snake Python (depicted here more like a dragon, with legs) with many arrows.

Artist	Hendrick Goltzius RKD Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617 workshop / studio
	Hendrick Goltzius RKD Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617 after
	Willem Hessels van Elst Gorinchem 1542 - Douai 1613 authorAAT
	Hendrick Goltzius RKD Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617 publisherAAT
Title	Apollo Kills the Giant Snake Python, after Ovid's Metamorphoses
Date	1590
Period	16th century
Location	Haarlem TGN
Medium and support	burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings	printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 13
	printed inscription outside the depiction, left middle: Immensum certis stravit Pythona sagittis/ Nec meruit minimum Cynthius arte decus,
	printed inscription outside the depiction, centre right: Latone matri monstrum Junonis ob iram/ Et terra infestum dum necat atq. mari.
	inscription at the back, top: 69
	inscription: 13.
Collection	print room
Object type	burin engraving AAT
Inventory number	2014-MK-5
Acquisition credit	unknown 2014
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MK-5
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11686/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass	12F13 representations ~ gods, demi-gods, heroes etc. (Roman religion) Iconclass 25F animals Iconclass 25F42 snakes Iconclass 25FF411 dragon Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 83(OVID, Metamorphoses) (scenes from) specific works of literature (OVID, Metamorphoses) Iconclass 9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 12E13 representations ~ gods, demi-gods, heroes, etc. (Greek religion) Iconclass 25FF41 fabulous animals ~ lizards Iconclass 25FF411(+0) dragon (+ variant) Iconclass 92B3 (story of) Apollo (Phoebus) Iconclass 92B342 Apollo shoots Python, the dragon Iconclass
School / Style	Renaissance AAT

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