Alpheus Chasing Arethusa Who Is Rescued by Diana, March 23, 1742

Title

Alpheus Chasing Arethusa Who Is Rescued by Diana

Draughtsman

• Arnout Rentinck

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Watercolour and body colour, over black chalk or charcoal

Material

• watercolours
• chalk?
• coal?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun und Dunkelbraun): Rentinck f.

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): 17 3/23 42 [23.3.1742]
Verso bezeichnet unten mittig: Arethúsa [unterstrichen], door Rentink
Verso unterhalb des Stempels: f 225 - . -
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• IV (?)

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Alpheus
• Arethusa
• Diana

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Ovid

Illustrated Passage

• Ovid: Metamorphosen, 5, 572-641

Primary

• 25H212 brook
• 97HH1(+0) Arethusa changed into a fountain: Diana changes her attendant Arethusa into a fountain, after first having hidden her in a cloud to escape Alpheus, the river-god (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 621) (+ variant)
• 31AA14(+2) human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude - AA - female human figure (+ back view)
• 31AA27631 sitting or standing on clouds - AA - female human figure
• 25HH154 glade, 'Lichtung im Wald' - HH - ideal landscapes
• 25HH212 brook - HH - ideal landscapes