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Tantalus, Hendrick Goltzius, 1588
Hendrick Goltzius, portraitHendrick GoltziusDutch, 1558–1617

Tantalus

1588 · Print

About the work

In the museum's own words — in Dutch

Ronde voorstelling van Tantalus, naakt, vallend tussen de wolken in de duisternis. Op de achtergrond rechts een weergave van Tantalus' straf voor het beledigen van de goden: hij leefde bij een waterpoel die zich terugtrok zodra hij wilde drinken, en bij een fruitboom die hij niet kon bereiken als hij honger kreeg. Om de voorstelling een randschrift in Latijn. Deze prent is onderdeel van een serie van vier vallende mannen: Tantalus, Icarus, Phaëthon en Ixion.

Rijksmuseum

Particulars

1588 · aged 30
15581617
Accession number
RP-P-OB-10.362

Meanwhile, in the life of Hendrick Goltzius

The whole life
  1. 1579–1587

    Pupil: Jan Saenredam

  2. late 1580s

    Depression and consumption

    From the late 1580s he suffered from depression and consumption; his family life was unhappy.

  3. 1585–1587

    Pupil: Jacob de Gheyn II

  4. 1587

    Founding of the Haarlem Academy

    Together with Cornelis van Haarlem and Karel van Mander he founded an academy of art in Haarlem, later known as the Haarlem Mannerist Academy (some sources give 1583 or 1600). There, for the first time in the Netherlands, systematic study of anatomy and drawing from the nude model were introduced.

  5. 1590

    Departure for Italy

    He fled from his wife and, despite his illnesses, set out for Italy — via Hamburg and Munich to Venice, Bologna and Florence. Part of the way he traveled on foot, passing himself off as a commoner, "partly out of a love of mystification."

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May one see it?

Unknown

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
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What it shows

(story of) Tantalus

In the catalog

PrintsRenaissance16th century

Sources

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Baptism, Hendrick Goltzius, 1608

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Dying Adonis, Hendrick Goltzius, 1609

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Vertumnus and Pomona, Hendrick Goltzius, 1613

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The Fall of Man, Hendrick Goltzius, 1616

The Fall of Man

1616 · National Gallery of Art

Apollo, Hendrick Goltzius, 1588

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Tantalus, Hendrick Goltzius, 1588

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