Oordeel van Midas, Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1631 - 1632

Title(s)

Oordeel van Midas

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-49.884

Catalogue reference

• Bonnefoit 149.R6
• Hollstein German II.161.10

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Johann Wilhelm Baur (mentioned on object)

Place

Naples (possibly)

Dating

1631 - 1632

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 77 mm × width 105 mm

What

• contest between Apollo and Pan with the mountain god Tmolus as judge, i.e. judgement of Midas; Midas often represented with ass's ears

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607-1642) : ein Wegbereiter der barocken Kunst in Deutschland, Régine Bonnefoit, p. 149, cat.nr. R6
• German engravings, etchings, and woodcuts 1400-1700, dl. 2, p. 161, cat.nr. 10