Cyparissus is turned into a cypress by Apollo as he mourns the death of his favourite deer. The deer hit by an arrow lies behind Cyparissus. From Cyparissus' hands and hair grow branches with leaves. From his toes grow roots.
| Artist |
Cornelis Cort
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Frans I Floris
RKD
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Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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| Title | Cyparissus |
| Date | 1565 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location |
Antwerp
TGN
Haarlem TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the dipiction, at the top: Cyparissus / delectus sylvano |
| printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: F Floris inven. | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: Goltzius ex. | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Cor. Cort. fec. | |
| printed inscription at the back, top: HP 83 | |
| printed inscription reverse, centre below: DR | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-MU-1 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MU-1 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11701/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300263554 animal paintings AAT 25H landscapes Iconclass |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F24(DEER)
hoofed animals: deer
Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass 25G3(CYPRESS) trees: cypress Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 33C6 homosexual love Iconclass 33C62 sodomy, sexual contact between men Iconclass 45C15(ARROW) archer's weapons: arrow Iconclass 45C15(BOW) archer's weapons: bow Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 92B3 (story of) Apollo (Phoebus) Iconclass 92BB32 love-affairs of Apollo ~ males Iconclass 92BB321 Apollo and Cyparissus, usually with his stag Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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