Arcadian Landscape with Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, Johannes Glauber, 1680 - 1726 oil on canvas, h 123.2cm × w 93.2cm × t 3.5cm × d 5.7cm More details
Identification Title(s) Arcadian Landscape with Salmacis and Hermaphroditus Object type painting mural painting Object number SK-A-1217 Description Arcadisch landschap waarin de bronnimf Salmacis Hermaphroditus bespiedt tijdens het baden. Rechts een heuvel met een ruïne op de top.
Material and Technique Physical features oil on canvas Material canvas oil paint (paint) Measurements height 123.2 cm × width 93.2 cm × thickness 3.5 cmdepth 5.7 cm
Subject What Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing Hermaphroditus closely embraced, their bodies fuse (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 373) pastorals, Arcadian scenes when Hermaphroditus bathes in a fountain, Salmacis, the nymph of the fountain, falls in love with him
Documentation All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 244
Persistent URL To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8503