Arcadian Landscape with Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, Johannes Glauber, 1680 - 1726

Title(s)

Arcadian Landscape with Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

Object type

• 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.

Artist

• painter: Johannes Glauber

Dating

1680 - 1726

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 123.2 cm × width 93.2 cm × thickness 3.5 cm
depth 5.7 cm

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

Acquisition

nationalization 1795 1799

Copyright

Public domain

• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 244