De planeet Mercurius en zijn kinderen
Harmen Jansz. Muller (ca. 1540-1617)
Heemskerck, Maerten van (1498-1574) (after a work of)
Additional titles
Mercury
De zeven planeten
- Cantor Arts Center (Stanford University)
Kirk Edward Long Collection[Museum inv. no.: L.15.604.2.2007]On loan.
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The image is one of seven depictions of the astrological planets. In this image, the "upper portion depicts the celestial realm with a personification of the planet [Mercury] in a chariot drawn by a pair of appropriate beasts .... In the sky is a zodiacal arch with the signs each planet rules. Thus Mercury's cart is drawn by roosters, who are sacred to him, and in the sky are Virgo and Gemini. The children of Mercury--artists, scholars, and a merchant, who counts his money, inhabit the terrestrial plane."--Bernard Barryte (2015) These eight people including scientists and astrologers are seated around a large table. At the left, a man plays an organ with one person operating the two bellows. Five singers are behind the organist singing from a book of music. To the right, a sculptor and a painter are at work. The inscription at the bottom can be translated: "Mercury makes intelligent, shrewd, ambitious, and generous children who are skilled in mathematics and whose wishes are all fulfilled. They are visionaries, slim of build, pale, with honest eyes and to be admired for their moderation in drinking." Immediately above the inscription are the names of the creators of the print: Harman Muller fe, l.l. Theodor. Galle excud., L.r., MHeemskerck Inuen.Iconclass
24C226Mercury and his children ('Planetenkinder') ~ Gemini and Virgo
Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)
Organ [2266]RIdIM images
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