Jupiter und Merkur bei Philemon und Baucis

Title

Jupiter und Merkur bei Philemon und Baucis

Draughtsman

• Hendrik Goudt

Part Number / Total

84 / 179

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• Indian ink
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• composition study
• sketch

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1868

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Philemon and Baucis
• Philemon
• Baucis

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Ovid

Illustrated Passage

• Ovid: Metamorphosen, 8, 611-724

Primary

• 95A(PHILEMON & BAUCIS)51 Philemon and his wife Baucis hospitably entertain Jupiter and Mercury in travellers' guise; possibly a goose, which they try to kill for the occasion, flies to the visitors for refuge

Historic Attribution

• Adam Elsheimer circle; draughtsman