A dragon devouring the companions of Cadmus
Goltzius derived the left arm and hand of the foreground figure from Michelangelo’s sculpture of Day on Giuliano de’ Medici’s tomb. His back is an adaptation of another famous sculpture, the Belvedere Torso, in Rome. Here Goltzius relied on models – sketches or plaster casts – made by other artists. He first beheld the actual sculptures with his own eyes during a trip to Italy in 1590-1591.
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A dragon devouring the companions of Cadmus
Goltzius derived the left arm and hand of the foreground figure from Michelangelo’s sculpture of Day on Giuliano de’ Medici’s tomb. His back is an adaptation of another famous sculpture, the Belvedere Torso, in Rome. Here Goltzius relied on models – sketches or plaster casts – made by other artists. He first beheld the actual sculptures with his own eyes during a trip to Italy in 1590-1591.
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Goltzius derived the left arm ...... a trip to Italy in 1590-1591.
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Goltzius ontleende de linkerar ...... voor het eerst met eigen ogen.
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identifier
RP-P-OB-10.366
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publisher
Rijksmuseum
title
A dragon devouring the companions of Cadmus
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Een draak verslindt de metgezellen van Cadmus
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type
created
1588
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1588
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extent
blad breedte 309 mm
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blad hoogte 249 mm
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height 249 mm
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width 309 mm
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Collectie: prenten
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Collection: prints
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isReferencedBy
Hollstein Dutch 310 1(4)
The Illustrated Bartsch 262 1(4)
temporal
fourth quarter 16th century
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vierde kwart 16e eeuw
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