File:Adam Elsheimer - Il Contento.jpg
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[edit]Adam Elsheimer: Il Contento | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q310285 |
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Title |
Il Contento |
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | allegory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
'Il Contento' illustrates an episode in the Spanish picaresque novel ‚Guzman de Alfarache‘, published by Mateo Aleman in Madrid in 1599 and issued in an Italian version in 1606. In the story, the people on Earth worshipped the god Contento (god of contentment and happiness) more than any other. Jealous of this, Jupiter sent Mercury to abduct Contento and replace him with his twin brother Discontento. Elsheimer was the first artist ever to depict this story, but he deviated from the novel by turning Contento into a female goddess. On the left, Jupiter hovers in mid-air while directing Mercury, who is seen wearing his distinctive winged hat and pulling Contento above the devoted crowd. In the background, people enjoy a variety of sports and games, unaware of their imminent `discontentment?.[1] |
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Date |
circa 1607 date QS:P571,+1607-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium |
oil on copper medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q753,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 30 cm (11.8 in); width: 42 cm (16.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,30U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,42U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q942713 |
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Current location |
ground floor, room VIII |
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Accession number |
NG 2312 |
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Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Gallery of Scotland, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References |
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh RKDimages, Art-work number 108017Art UK: entry il-contento-210027 |
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Source/Photographer |
1. BBC Your Paintings 2. Self-scanned from: Rüdiger Klessmann; Im Detail die Welt entdecken – Adam Elsheimer 1578–1610; Ed. Minerva, Wolfratshausen 2006; ISBN 3-938832-06-1. 3. National Galleries of Scotland, online collection |
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current | 21:28, 29 September 2019 | 6,814 × 4,913 (9.85 MB) | Elsbeere (talk | contribs) | https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/4875/il-contento-about-1607 | |
23:41, 7 January 2014 | 1,800 × 1,300 (1.31 MB) | Elsbeere (talk | contribs) | http://d-nb.info/97918441X Rüdiger Klessmann; ''Im Detail die Welt entdecken – Adam Elsheimer 1578–1610''; Ed. Minerva, Wolfratshausen 2006; ISBN 3-938832-06-1. | ||
21:24, 11 May 2013 | 944 × 682 (130 KB) | Botaurus (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Artwork |artist = {{Creator:Adam Elsheimer}} |title = {{title |Il Contento}} |description = 'Il Contento' illustrates an episode in the Spanish picaresque novel ‚''Guzman de Alfa... |
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- 17th-century oil on copper paintings by Adam Elsheimer
- 1607 paintings in the United Kingdom
- 1600s mythological paintings
- 1607 paintings from Germany
- People with goats in art
- 17th-century oil paintings in the United Kingdom
- Guzmán de Alfarache
- Baroque paintings in the Scottish National Gallery
- Paintings of animals in the United Kingdom
- 17th-century paintings of animals
- Paintings of horses in the United Kingdom
- Paintings by Adam Elsheimer in the Scottish National Gallery