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Hans von Aachen: The Amazement of the Gods  wikidata:Q18685987 reasonator:Q18685987
Artist
Hans von Aachen  (1552–1615)  wikidata:Q152835
 
Hans von Aachen
Description painter, portraitist, diplomat and designer
Date of birth/death 1552 Edit this at Wikidata 4 March 1615 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cologne Edit this at Wikidata Prague Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Rome; Prague (1596–1615) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q152835
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Title
The Amazement of the Gods (?) Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Amazement of the Gods (?) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Amazement of the Gods (?) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"Stupore degli Dei"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Caption from the museum's website

Jupiter, the ruler of the gods, is seated on a cloud, his attribute of an eagle with thunderbolts in its beak beside him. He is embracing the goddess Minerva, his daughter. The scene is witnessed by a gathering of the gods of Olympus, clearly shocked by what they see.

Mercury, messenger of the gods, carries his winged caduceus (wand) in one hand and points toward the pair with the other. Diana, goddess of the moon, with her back turned, has abandoned her bow and her quiver full of arrows to watch. Apollo is seated with his lyre; Venus leans, naked, against a boulder as Cupid covers her with a shimmering drapery.

From 1596 Hans von Aachen was working in Prague. He was employed as court painter by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, who was often depicted as Jupiter and for whom he may have made this picture. Rudolf may have been attracted by the idea of the powerful Jupiter’s union with Minerva, the goddess of wisdom.

Date 1590s
date QS:P,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
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Medium oil on copper Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 35.5 cm (13.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 45.8 cm (18 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+35.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+45.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Current location
room 4 Germany
Accession number
NG6475 (National Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
Object history Bought, 1982
References
Source/Photographer TgElb4upJFUXjQ — Google Arts & Culture

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