De wens van Semele, Antonio Tempesta, 1606

Title(s)

De wens van Semele
Semele divino Iovis concubitu occiditur (title on object)
Metamorphoseon sive transformationum (series title)
Metamorfosen van Ovidius (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

27/150

Object number

RP-P-OB-37.801

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 664
• Bartsch 638-787

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Semele staat voor Jupiter en Juno met haar hand voor haar ogen. Titel in het Latijn in ondermarge.

Artist

• print maker: Antonio Tempesta
• publisher: Pieter de Jode (I)

Place

print maker: Italy
publisher: Antwerp

Dating

1606

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 104 mm × width 117 mm

What

• (story of) Semele
• Jupiter and Juno as king and queen of Heaven

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 36, p. 23, cat.nr. 664
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 17, p. 151, cat.nr. 638-787