Atlas door Perseus in een berg veranderd, Cherubino Alberti (possibly), after Polidoro da Caravaggio, after Cherubino Alberti, 1563 - 1615

Title(s)

Atlas door Perseus in een berg veranderd
Perseus en de gouden appels (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1935-192

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• number: ‘671’

Description

Perseus versteent Atlas door hem het afgehakte hoofd van Medusa te tonen.

Artist

• print maker: Cherubino Alberti (possibly)
• print maker: anonymous
• after design by: Polidoro da Caravaggio (mentioned on object)
• after print by: Cherubino Alberti

Place

Italy

Dating

1563 - 1615

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 135 mm × width 290 mm

What

• Atlas turned into a mountain as punishment for his inhospitality
• (story of) Perseus

Credit line

• Gift of F. Schmidt-Degener, Amsterdam

Acquisition

gift 1935

Copyright

Public domain

• Le peintre graveur: [vol. 17: peintres ou dessinateurs italiens : maîtres du seizième siècle, 2], Adam von, 1757-1821 Bartsch, dl. 17, p. 85-86, cat.nr. 108