File:Magdalena van de Passe - Apollo and Coronis (British Museum).jpg
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[edit]The Death of Procris / Cephalus and Procis ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q438750
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q310285 |
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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" |
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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 |
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Date |
circa 1623 date QS:P571,+1623-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | copper engraving print | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 21.2 × 23 cm (8.3 × 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
S.7458 |
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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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