Stefan Bartilla

Erysichthon fällt die Cereiseiche. Ein Gemälde von Jakob Grimmer und Gillis Mostaert und seine Deutung

The subject of the article is the joint painting by Jakob Grimmer and Gillis Mostaert, which was probably made in 1575 and is kept at the chateau gallery at Rájec-Jestřebí. The article concentrates in particular on the iconographic programme of the painting, which was based on Ovid's Metamorphoses yet took on a broader meaning in the context of the relationship between Calvinism and Catholicism.

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