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Summary
anonymous: Cadmus sowing dragon's teeth
Artist
Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens
(1577–1640)
Alternative names
Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Description
Flemish painter, sculptor, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death
28 June 1577
30 May 1640
Location of birth/death
Siegen
Antwerp
Work period
16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location
Antwerp (1589-1600), Mantua (9 May 1600-1608), Spain (1603), Antwerp (1608-1640), Netherlands (1612), Paris (23 May 1623-29 June 1623, 4 February 1625-9 June 1625), Calais (November 1626), Paris (December 1626), City of Brussels (1627), Netherlands (10 July 1627-6 August 1627), Spain (26 August 1628-29 April 1629), London (18 May 1629-23 March 1630), City of Brussels (1631), Netherlands (November 1631), Affligem (September 1634)
Authority file
: Q5599
VIAF: 56647196
ISNI: 0000000121341267
ULAN: 500002921
LCCN: n79055561
NLA: 36442606
WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1774,Q5599
After Peter Paul Rubens
Title
Cadmus sowing dragon's teeth.[1]
Alternative title(s):
Cadmus and Minerva.
Object type
painting
Genre
mythological painting
Date
between 1636 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1636-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
height: 27.7 cm (10.9 in) ; width: 43.3 cm (17 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+27.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+43.3U174728
Collection
Rijksmuseum
Native name
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Location
Amsterdam
Coordinates
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E
Established
1800
Website
rijksmuseum.nl
Authority file
: Q190804
VIAF: 159624082
ISNI: 0000000121961335
ULAN: 500246547
LCCN: n79007489
NLA: 36126463
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Extern
Accession number
SK-A-4051 (Rijksmuseum)
Place of creation
Southern Netherlands
Object history
Franz Koenigs (1881-1941), Haarlem
1961: bequeathed to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, by Isaac de Bruijn (†1953) and Johanna Geertruida van der Leeuw (1877-1960), Muri, Switserland
References
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue.
RKDimages, Art-work number 5533
Source/Photographer
Geheugen van Nederland : Home : Info : Pic
Other versions
image
based on: Cadmus and Minerva (Ovid, Metamorphoses, III, 95-114), 1636-1637
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Notes
↑Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue.
Captions
Sowing the Dragon's teeth (between 1636 and 1700)
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Cadmus sowing dragon's teeth
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Cadmus sowing dragon's teeth
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