De sirenen, Antonio Tempesta, 1606

Title(s)

De sirenen
Sirenes Proserpinae comites in aves (title on object)
Metamorphoseon sive transformationum (series title)
Metamorfosen van Ovidius (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

50/150

Object number

RP-P-OB-37.824

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 687
• Bartsch 638-787

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De sirenen proberen met hun gezang een schip met soldaten op de klippen te laten lopen. 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

• Sirens (classical mythology)
• siren (fabulous bird with woman's head)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Italian masters of the sixteenth century : Antonio Tempesta (deel 36), dl. 36, p. 34, cat.nr. 687
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 17, p. 151, cat.nr. 638-787