The daughters of Cecrops open the basket entrusted to them by Minerva. In the basket, they discover the child Erichthonius, who, to their horror, has a snake's tail. From a tree, a crow watches.
| 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 | The Daughters of Cecrops Open the Basket of Minerva, 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: 12. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Mandat Erichtonium tritonia Cecrope natis/ Et temere inspiciant nè sua sacra inbet . | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Vimen at Aglauros reserat gemieq. Sorores/ Delictum cornix garrula cernit anis. | |
| inscription on the reverse: (niet identificeerbaar) | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-MK-4 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MK-4 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11685/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F42
snakes
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25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 83(OVID, Metamorphoses) (scenes from) specific works of literature (OVID, Metamorphoses) Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 92C2 (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena) Iconclass 95A(ERICHTHONIUS)121 Erichthonius, hidden in a basket, is handed over by Minerva to Aglauros and her sisters (Cecrops' daughters) to be taken care of Iconclass 95A(ERICHTHONIUS)1211 the daughters of Cecrops open the basket and discover the serpent-shaped child; possibly a crow (i.e. Coronis metamorphosed) looks on Iconclass 95B(CECROPS' DAUGHTERS) (story of) Cecrops' daughters (Cecropides) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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