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Harmonia en Cadmus, Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, c. 1940 - c. 1945

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Harmonia en Cadmus, Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, c. 1940 - c. 1945

engraving, h 198mm × w 148mm More details
© C.M.R. van Verschuer

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Identification

Title(s)

Harmonia en Cadmus

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1982-817

Catalogue reference

Collectie Rijksmuseum-2(5)

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Harmonia wordt door Cadmus, in de gedaante van een slang, omhelsd. Op de achtergrond de slang waarin Harmonia zelf veranderd zal worden door de goden.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Jeanne Bieruma Oosting

Dating

c. 1940 - c. 1945

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving / intaglio printmaking technique

Measurements

height 198 mm × width 148 mm

Subject

What

Cadmus and Harmonia changed into snakes: when loaded with grief and the infirmity of old age, Cadmus and Harmonia are changed into snakes (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 576)