Waternimf Linope, Philips Galle, 1587

Title(s)

Waternimf Linope
Lynope (title on object)
Stroom- en waternimfen (series title)
Nimpharum oceanitidum, ephydridum potamidum naiadum (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

14/17

Object number

RP-P-1898-A-19940

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 444-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

De waternimf Linope, moeder van Narcissus. In de achtergrond Narcissus. De prent maakt deel uit van een zeventiendelige serie over stroom- en waternimfen.

Artist

• print maker: Philips Galle
• after design by: Philips Galle
• publisher: Philips Galle

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1587

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height c. 165 mm × width c. 101 mm

What

• Narcissus changed into a narcissus: when Narcissus is pining away for the love of his image reflected from the water, he is changed into a narcissus (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 510)
• other Nereids (or sea-nymphs) (with NAME)

Acquisition

purchase Sep-1898

Copyright

Public domain

• Philips Galle, Marjolein Leesberg, Manfred Sellink, p. 136; p. 151 (afb.), cat.nr. 444