A satyr and a half-naked nymph hold the goat Amalthea. The child Jupiter drinks milk from one of the goat's udders. A second satyr plays a flute.
| Artist |
Anonymous Master
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Jacob Jordaens
RKD
VIAF
Wikidata
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Abraham Bloteling
RKD
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| Title | The Child Jupiter is Fed by the Goat Amalthea |
| Date | ca. 1652 - 1690 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Iac. Iordaens inuentor. 1652. |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: double | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: A. Bloteling Excudit Cum Priuilegio. | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| inscription on the back, bottom right: 5II | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-CK |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-CK |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11304/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25G3
trees
Iconclass
25G31 shrubs Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 41C nutrition, nourishment Iconclass 41C6413 milk Iconclass 42A32 feeding a baby Iconclass 47I214 goat Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 92B1 (story of) Jupiter (Zeus) Iconclass 92B1121 Amalthea, the nymph, usually in the shape of a goat, suckles the new-born Jupiter Iconclass 92L3 nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa) Iconclass 92L32(AMALTHEA) single named nymphs: Amalthea Iconclass 92L4 satyrs, fauns, Sileni Iconclass 92L41 satyr(s) (in general) Iconclass |
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