Mercury stole Apollo's flock. Battus broke his promise to keep this secret upon which Mercury turned him into a stone.
| Artist |
Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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Willem Hessels van Elst
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Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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| Title | Mercurius verandert Battus in een steen, naar de Metamorfosen van Ovidius |
| 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: 16 |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, left middle: Septenis Phebo inflatur dum fistula cannis,/ Duxit Atlantiades in iuga celsa bones. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre right: Judiacat hoc Battus; Maia mox ringitur ortus,/ Fit Battusq. index ille repente lapis | |
| inscription on the reverse: [...] | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-MK-6 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MK-6 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11687/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25H112
rocks
Iconclass
25H1124 boulder, stone Iconclass 44B45 alliance, league, union, foedus Iconclass 44G544 theft Iconclass 47I2112 cow Iconclass 47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass 47I2213 shepherd's crook Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 48C73512 clarinet, bassoon, oboe, shawm 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 92B5 (story of) Mercury (Hermes) Iconclass 92B5421 Mercury steals the flock which Apollo is tending, Battus present Iconclass 97F1 Battus changed into a touchstone: for violating the promise to keep Mercury's theft of Apollo's cattle a secret, Mercury turns Battus, the shepherd, into a touchstone (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 705) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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