File:Adam Elsheimer - Il Contento.jpg

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Adam Elsheimer: Il Contento  wikidata:Q19926228 reasonator:Q19926228
Artist
Adam Elsheimer  (1578–1610)  wikidata:Q310285
 
Adam Elsheimer
Alternative names
Adamo Tedesco; Adam Ehlsheimer; Adam Elzheimer
Description German painter, designer and visual artist
Date of birth/death 18 March 1578 Edit this at Wikidata 11 December 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Frankfurt Rome
Work location
Munich, Venice, Rome
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q310285
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Il Contento
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre allegory Edit this at Wikidata
Description
'Il Contento' illustrates an episode in the Spanish picaresque novel ‚Guzman de Alfarache‘, published by Mateo Aleman in Madrid in 1599 and issued in an Italian version in 1606.
In the story, the people on Earth worshipped the god Contento (god of contentment and happiness) more than any other. Jealous of this, Jupiter sent Mercury to abduct Contento and replace him with his twin brother Discontento. Elsheimer was the first artist ever to depict this story, but he deviated from the novel by turning Contento into a female goddess. On the left, Jupiter hovers in mid-air while directing Mercury, who is seen wearing his distinctive winged hat and pulling Contento above the devoted crowd. In the background, people enjoy a variety of sports and games, unaware of their imminent `discontentment?.[1]
  1. ↑ National Gallery of Scotland
Date circa 1607
date QS:P571,+1607-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on copper
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q753,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 30 cm (11.8 in); width: 42 cm (16.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,30U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,42U174728
institution QS:P195,Q942713
Current location
ground floor, room VIII
Accession number
NG 2312
Credit line Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Gallery of Scotland, 1970
References National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
RKDimages, Art-work number 108017Art UK: entry il-contento-210027
Source/Photographer 1. BBC Your Paintings
2. Self-scanned from: Rüdiger Klessmann; Im Detail die Welt entdecken – Adam Elsheimer 1578–1610; Ed. Minerva, Wolfratshausen 2006; ISBN 3-938832-06-1.
3. National Galleries of Scotland, online collection

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current21:28, 29 September 2019Thumbnail for version as of 21:28, 29 September 20196,814 × 4,913 (9.85 MB)Elsbeere (talk | contribs)https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/4875/il-contento-about-1607
23:41, 7 January 2014Thumbnail for version as of 23:41, 7 January 20141,800 × 1,300 (1.31 MB)Elsbeere (talk | contribs)http://d-nb.info/97918441X Rüdiger Klessmann; ''Im Detail die Welt entdecken – Adam Elsheimer 1578–1610''; Ed. Minerva, Wolfratshausen 2006; ISBN 3-938832-06-1.
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