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Alpheus Chasing Arethusa Who Is Rescued by Diana, Arnout Rentinck

Arnout Rentinck

Alpheus Chasing Arethusa Who Is Rescued by Diana

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Arnout Rentinck

Alpheus Chasing Arethusa Who Is Rescued by Diana, March 23, 1742

Blatt: 263 x 236 mm

Physical Description: Watercolour and body colour, over black chalk or charcoal

Inventory Number: 3849

Object Number: 3849 Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Alpheus Chasing Arethusa Who Is Rescued by Diana

Draughtsman

Arnout Rentinck

Period Produced

18th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Watercolour and body colour, over black chalk or charcoal

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Netherlandish

Production Reason

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun und Dunkelbraun): Rentinck f.

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): 17 3/23 42 [23.3.1742]
Verso bezeichnet unten mittig: Arethúsa [unterstrichen], door Rentink
Verso unterhalb des Stempels: f 225 - . -
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark: IV (?)

Property and Acquisition

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary

25H212brook
97HH1(+0)Arethusa changed into a fountain: Diana changes her attendant Arethusa into a fountain, after first having hidden her in a cloud to escape Alpheus, the river-god (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 621) (+ variant)
31AA14(+2)human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude - AA - female human figure (+ back view)
31AA27631sitting or standing on clouds - AA - female human figure
25HH154glade, 'Lichtung im Wald' - HH - ideal landscapes
25HH212brook - HH - ideal landscapes

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15.11.2024