The death of Leander Leander, a youth from Abydus, swims every night to the other side of the river Hellespont, led by a burning beacon, to meet his beloved Hero too. In a stormy night he drowns and he is carried away by nereids. In the margin of a poem twaalfregelig, in four columns, in Latin. Underneath a two-line caption with a command from the Latijn. Manufacturer : printmaker: Reinier van Persijn (listed property) to painting: Joachim von Sandrart (listed building) publisher: Joachim von Sandrart (listed building) commissioned by: Reinier van Persijn (listed building) dedicated to Pieter
The death of Leander Leander, a youth from Abydus, swims every night to the other side of the river Hellespont, led by a burning beacon, to meet his beloved Hero too. In a stormy night he drowns and he is carried away by nereids. In the margin of a poem twaalfregelig, in four columns, in Latin. Underneath a two-line caption with a command from the Latijn. Manufacturer : printmaker: Reinier van Persijn (listed property) to painting: Joachim von Sandrart (listed building) publisher: Joachim von Sandrart (listed building) commissioned by: Reinier van Persijn (listed building) dedicated to Pieter Spiering (listed property) Place manufacture: Gouda Dating: ca. 1623 - ca. 1668 Physical features: car material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: sheet: h 413 mm × W 506 mm Subject : Leander swims across the Hellespont at night Benthic, usually guided by a torch reared upon a tower by Herothe drowned Leander is borne away Benthic, usually by the Nereids, towards Hero; the Latter possibly jumps to her death into the sea
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