Alpheios pursues Arethusa, who is rescued by Diana, 1742. Creator: Arnout Rentinck.

Alpheios pursues Arethusa, who is rescued by Diana, 1742. Creator: Arnout Rentinck.

3-083-964 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Alpheios pursues Arethusa, who is rescued by Diana, 1742. Additional Info: When the river god Alpheus pursues the chaste nymph Arethusa, the goddess Diana cloaks her in a thick fog and then transforms her into an underground spring that flows from Greece to Sicily.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Arnout Rentinck, attributed to: German, Dutch, Netherlandish: Artist, painter, engraver, printmaker

Medium
  1. Coal?
  2. Handmade paper
  3. Laid paper
  4. Watercolour chalk?

Picture Type
  1. Autonomous drawing?
  2. Drawing

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Netherlands

  1. 52 30 00 N , 005 45 00 E

World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E

Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Mythology


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5709x6353
File Size : 106,258kb


Aliases

  1. 3849
  1. E
  1. 1380001171
  1. 3-083-964
  1. 3083964
  1. 3849


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