Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Amphitrite / Rape of Amphitrite

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Flora and Fauna / Fabulous animals / Hippocamps
Flora and Fauna / Monsters / Sea-monsters

Further details

Neptune on a shell drawn by hippocamps embracing Amphitrite who is riding on the back of a sea creature

Artist or creator

Soens, Jan (born 1547 or 1548, died 1611 or 1614)

Date

16th century (third quarter) - 17th century (early)

Location

Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (Photographer (analogue))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Sylvie Béguin in Oud-HOlland 71, 1956 (Kunsthisr. Meded.), p. 217-226.

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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