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Summary

Hans von Aachen: The Amazement of the Gods

Artist



Description	painter, portraitist, diplomat and designer
Date of birth/death	1552	4 March 1615
Location of birth/death	Cologne	Prague
Work location	Rome; Prague (1596–1615)
Authority file	: Q152835 VIAF: 41957298 ISNI: 0000000066298373 ULAN: 500127905 LCCN: nr89015717 WGA: a/aachen WorldCat

Title

The Amazement of the Gods (?)

Object type

painting

Description

Caption from the museum's website

Jupiter, the ruler of the gods, is seated on a cloud, his attribute of an eagle with thunderbolts in its beak beside him. He is embracing the goddess Minerva, his daughter. The scene is witnessed by a gathering of the gods of Olympus, clearly shocked by what they see.

Mercury, messenger of the gods, carries his winged caduceus (wand) in one hand and points toward the pair with the other. Diana, goddess of the moon, with her back turned, has abandoned her bow and her quiver full of arrows to watch. Apollo is seated with his lyre; Venus leans, naked, against a boulder as Cupid covers her with a shimmering drapery.

From 1596 Hans von Aachen was working in Prague. He was employed as court painter by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, who was often depicted as Jupiter and for whom he may have made this picture. Rudolf may have been attracted by the idea of the powerful Jupiter’s union with Minerva, the goddess of wisdom.

Date

1590s

Medium

oil on copper

Dimensions

height: 35.5 cm (13.9 in)

; width: 45.8 cm (18 in)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000406058908 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Current location

room 4 Germany

Accession number

NG6475 (National Gallery)

Object history

Bought, 1982

References

Source/Photographer

TgElb4upJFUXjQ — Google Arts & Culture

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