File:Minerva and the Nine Muses by Johann König.jpg
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[edit]Minerva and the Nine Muses ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Author |
creator QS:P170,Q439439 |
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Title |
Minerva and the Nine Muses label QS:Len,"Minerva and the Nine Muses"
label QS:Lde,"Minerva mit den neun Musen" |
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Description |
The painting depicts the visit of Minerva to the Muses at Mount Helicon, mentioned by Ovid in his fifth Book of the Metamorphoses (Met. V. 250-268). |
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Date | 1619-1622 (1624?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
oil on copper medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q753,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 19.3 cm (7.5 in); width: 28.2 cm (11.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,19.3U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,28.2U174728 |
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Collection |
Private collection institution QS:P195,Q768717 |
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Object history |
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 9 February 1973, lot 106, for 4,800 Guineas to Scheidwimmer. With Scheidwimmer, Munich. With Julius Böhler, Munich. Private collection, Germany. |
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Exhibition history | 1985 - 2006? on loan at Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, inv. no. Dep. 481. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom left: Jo. Kö (nig)/ f.: 16..
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References |
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 05023184 |
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Source/Photographer |
1. Unknown sourceUnknown source 2. Sotheby's London, 06 Dezember 2006, lot 3 |
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Categories:
- Mythological paintings by Johann König
- Paintings of Minerva
- 1624 paintings from Germany
- 17th-century paintings of the Muses
- Paintings of people at fountains
- 1610s mythological paintings
- 1620s oil on copper paintings
- Paintings of mythological characters in nature
- 17th-century paintings of people in nature
- 17th-century paintings of musicians
- Mount Helicon in art