Marius Holleman1878–1926
Cygnus rouwend om Phaëton
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Cygnus rouwend om Phaëton” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
In het midden Cygnus als zwaan. Rechts rouwt een groep mensen bij het lichaam van Phaëton. Links op de oever van de rivier de rouwende Heliaden die zijn veranderd in bomen.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-1926-910
What it shows
Cycnus, son of Sthenelus, changed into a swan: while grieving over the death of Phaethon, Cycnus, son of Sthenelus, is changed into a swan (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 373)Heliades changed into poplar-trees: while weeping over Phaeton's grave the Heliades are changed into poplar-trees, and their tears turn into beads of amberTheir mother Clymene may be present (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 346)
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
