Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Cydippe / Cydippe holds the apple given to her by Acontius

LITERATURE

Ancient / Ovid / Heroides and Double Heroides / XXI. Cydippe to Acontius

Further details

The companion piece of this painting shows a Medea in the Metropolitan Museum (inv. 1972.261)

Artist or creator

Bor, Paulus (1601-1669)

Date

1645 - 1655

Location

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (inv. SK-A-4666)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

H. E. C. Mazur-Contamine, Twee 'tovenaressen' van Paulus Bor , Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 29 (19881), pp. 3-8

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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