Meleager geeft kop van zwijn aan Atalanta
Coenraet Decker
1660 - 1685
Medium
etching
Dimensions
61; 114
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 240
Art Historical Context
**Meleager Presents the Boar's Head to Atalanta** This intimate etching by Dutch artist Coenraet Decker, created between 1660 and 1685, captures a dramatic moment from classical mythology: Meleager, hero of the Calydonian Boar Hunt, offering the severed head of the monstrous boar to Atalanta, the swift huntress who aided him. Titled *Meleager geeft kop van zwijn aan Atalanta* in Dutch, the work reflects the era's fascination with ancient tales during the Dutch Golden Age, when artists drew on Greco-Roman stories to explore themes of heroism, love, and fate. Decker, known for his precise lands...