File:Magdalena van de Passe - Apollo and Coronis (British Museum).jpg

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The Death of Procris / Cephalus and Procis   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Magdalena van de Passe  (1600–1638)  wikidata:Q438750
 
Magdalena van de Passe
Alternative names
Magdalena de Passe
Description Dutch engraver
Date of birth/death 1600 Edit this at Wikidata 1638 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cologne Edit this at Wikidata Utrecht Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Utrecht (1617–1634) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q438750
After Adam Elsheimer  (1578–1610)  wikidata:Q310285
 
After Adam Elsheimer
Alternative names
Adamo Tedesco; Adam Ehlsheimer; Adam Elzheimer
Description German painter, designer and visual artist
Date of birth/death 18 March 1578 Edit this at Wikidata 11 December 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Frankfurt Edit this at Wikidata Rome Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q310285
Title
Apollo and Coronis
label QS:Len,"Apollo and Coronis"
label QS:Lde,"Apollo und Koronis"


alternate title
The Death of Procris / Cephalus and Procis
label QS:Les,"Céphale et Procris"
label QS:Lde,"Kephalos und Prokris"
label QS:Len,"The Death of Procris / Cephalus and Procis"
label QS:Lfr,"Céphale et Procris"
Description
Apollo and Coronis; landscape with the nude body of Coronis lying on a drapery with an arrow at her feet and Apollo looking for healing herbs; in the distance a funeral pyre is prepared by a satyrs and putti; [Ovid, 'Metamorphoses', II. 542]; after Elsheimer
Date circa 1623
date QS:P571,+1623-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium copper engraving print
Dimensions 21.2 × 23 cm (8.3 × 9 in)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Accession number
S.7458
Inscriptions Lettered in the margin with two columns of verse, each two lines "Quam Zeli ... meis", warning of the dangers of jealousy; and at right "Adam / Elsheimer / pinxit". Below this a three line dedication by Passe to Rubens; bottom right "MAGDALENA PASSÆA CRISP. F. FECIT".
Notes The subject has long been interpreted as 'The Death of Procris'
Source/Photographer British Museum
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