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Midas

Also known as: Midas; primary name: Midas
Details: individual; mythological figure/creature; Greek; Roman; Male
Biography: King of Phrygia; Dionysos/Bacchus (q.v.) granted him the gift of turning all that he touched into gold. Asked to arbitrate a musical contest between Apollo (q.v.) and Pan (q.v.), he named the latter as the winner; Apollo punished him by giving him donkey's ears.

71 related objects

album; drawing

Museum number: 1889,0527.39 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Maso FiniguerraCircle/School of:Baccio Baldini |
Production date: 1470-1475

bowl; plate

Museum number: 1878,1230.440 |
Producer name: BIOG68771 Workshop of:Guido Durantino |
Production date: 1540-1550 |
Production place: Made in:Urbino

cup

Museum number: .103 |
Production date: 16thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Nuremberg

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.679 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1706-1714

drawing

Museum number: 1990,0407.1 |
Producer name: BIOG29295 Drawn by:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1589-1590

drawing; architectural drawing

Museum number: 1865,0610.1342 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1734

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.838 |
Producer name: BIOG21778 Drawn by:Domenico Campagnola |
Production date: 1511-1562

drawing

Museum number: 1902,0514.111 |
Producer name: BIOG23760 Drawn by:John Sell Cotman |
Production date: 1814

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0316.1080 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan BoeckhorstFormerly attributed to:Jan Gerritsz. van Bronckhorst |
Production date: 1660-1668

drawing

Museum number: 1942,0921.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousAttributed to:Pompeo Batoni |
Production date: 19thC

drawing

Museum number: 1910,1013.9 |
Producer name: BIOG33246 Drawn by:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1640

drawing

Museum number: 1865,0610.1380 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1734

drawing; album

Museum number: 1963,1109.26 |
Producer name: BIOG44691 Drawn by:Andrea Sacchi |
Production date: 1614-1661

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,1209.401 |
Producer name: BIOG25614 Drawn by:John Doyle (HB) |
Production date: 1832

gem

Museum number: 1872,0604.1200 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Capua

intaglio

Museum number: 1867,0507.200

music sheet/cover

Museum number: EPH-ME.115 |
Producer name: Written by:Malkit SinghIssuer:Oriental Star Agencies Ltd |
Production date: 1994 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Southall

plate; dish

Museum number: 1855,1201.73 |
Producer name: BIOG81964 Painted by:Nicola da Urbino |
Production date: 1525 |
Production place: Made in:Urbino

playbill

Museum number: EPH-ME.352 |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Printed in:Liverpool

pot-pourri-vase; vase

Museum number: 1887,0307,II.29 |
Producer name: BIOG67142 Factory of:Chelsea Porcelain Factory |
Production date: 1770-1773 |
Production place: Factory in:Chelsea (London)

print; ticket; book-illustration

Museum number: 1897,1231.279 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1768-1776

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1523 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 Print made by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1728

print

Title: Al crudo duol di Marsia, e del Re Mida l'Ardir s'abbassi; il Stolto non decida |
Museum number: 1953,0214.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacopo da LeonardisAfter:Giulio Carpioni |
Production date: 1765

print

Title: Midae ob iudicii crassitiem aures asininae Metamorphoseon sive transformationum |
Museum number: X,3.295 |
Producer name: BIOG48158 Print made by:Antonio Tempesta |
Production date: 1606

print

Museum number: 1854,0614.541 |
Producer name: BIOG20632 Print made by:Pierre Brebiette |
Production date: 1635-1640

print

Museum number: U,5.226 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1600-1650

print

Museum number: H,5.191 |
Producer name: BIOG20134 Print made by:Giulio Bonasone |
Production date: 1531-1576

print

Museum number: 1857,0613.457 |
Producer name: BIOG29295 Print made by:Hendrik Goltzius |
Production date: 1590

print

Title: Ob restitutum Silenum Midae aBaccho desertur optio Metamorphoseon sive transformationum |
Museum number: X,3.294 |
Producer name: BIOG48158 Print made by:Antonio Tempesta |
Production date: 1606

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.2161 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carlo LabruzziAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1780-1817

print; admission-ticket

Museum number: C,3.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1768-1776

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1863,0613.1139 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Christian Friedrich Himburg |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1917,1208.1461 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 Print made by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1721

print; admission-ticket; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.1259 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1768-1776

print

Title: Tmoli Judicium |
Museum number: 1891,0414.857 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Frans Pilsen |
Production date: 1734-1777 |
Production place: Published in:Ghent

print

Title: Midae auriculae asininae adduntur ab Apolline Villa Aldobrandina Tusculana sive varii illius hor |
Museum number: 1972,U.184.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dominique BarrièreAfter:Domenichino |
Production date: 1647

print

Museum number: H,7.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giulio BonasoneAfter:Perino del Vaga |
Production date: 1531-1576

print; broadside

Title: Ein erklerung der Tafel des Gerichts, so der köstlich Maler Appelles, dem König Ptolomeo fürmalet. |
Museum number: 1856,0614.117 |
Producer name: Formerly attributed to:Erhard SchönFormerly attributed to:Peter Flötner |
Production date: 1534

print

Museum number: 1925,1215.118 |
Producer name: BIOG38043 Print made by:Melchior Meier |
Production date: 1581

print; broadside

Title: Ein erklerung der Tafel des Gerichts, so der köstlich Maler Appelles dem König Ptolomeo fürmalet. |
Museum number: 1877,0609.95 |
Producer name: Formerly attributed to:Erhard SchönPrinted by:Hans Weigel the Younger |
Production date: 1578-1590 1534 |
Production place: Printed in:Nuremberg

print

Museum number: W,9.6 |
Producer name: BIOG39204 Print made by:Benedetto Montagna |
Production date: 1500-1520

print

Title: The Judgement of Midas. Liber Studiorum |
Museum number: 1878,1012.472 |
Producer name: BIOG23760 Print made by:John Sell Cotman |
Production date: 1813-1838

print

Title: The Judgement of Midas. Liber Studiorum |
Museum number: 1859,0528.187 |
Producer name: BIOG23760 Print made by:John Sell Cotman |
Production date: 1813-1838

print

Title: Midas preferring Pan to Apollo is punished with As Midas Panem Apollini praeferens auriculis Asininis |
Museum number: 1859,0709.2424 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon GribelinAfter:Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone |
Production date: 1712

print

Museum number: 1845,0825.744 |
Producer name: BIOG39204 Print made by:Benedetto Montagna |
Production date: 1500-1520

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.7675 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Attributed to:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print; ticket; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,0313.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1768-1776

print; bill-head; book-illustration

Museum number: K,65.146 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1768-1776

print

Title: Ovid's Metamorphoses |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.7676 |
Producer name: BIOG18757 Print made by:Johann Wilhelm Baur |
Production date: 1641

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.7488 |
Producer name: BIOG18757 After:Johann Wilhelm Baur |
Production date: 1630-1650

print

Title: The wretchedness of wealth |
Museum number: 1875,0710.433 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1563

print; ticket; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.1258 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1768-1776

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.2454 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1580-1640

print; ticket

Museum number: C,3.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1768

print

Title: The Judgement of Midas |
Museum number: 1870,0514.1483 |
Producer name: BIOG23760 Print made by:John Sell Cotman |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Y,5.228 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1818

print

Title: Midas |
Museum number: 1952,1031.4 |
Producer name: After:Pietro TestaPublished by:Vincenzo Billy |
Production date: 1650-1700 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; ticket; book-illustration

Museum number: K,65.145 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1768-1776

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1897,1231.281 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1768-1776

print

Title: The Judgement of Midas |
Museum number: 2006,0929.36 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Matthias ScheitsAfter:Matthias Scheits |
Production date: 1678

print; album

Title: Ovid's Metamorphoses |
Museum number: 2AA+,a.31.102 |
Producer name: BIOG18757 Print made by:Johann Wilhelm Baur |
Production date: 1641

print

Museum number: 1919,0616.28 |
Producer name: After:Melchior MeierPrint made by:Monogrammist MF |
Production date: 1581-1620

print; album

Title: Ovid's Metamorphoses |
Museum number: 2AA+,a.31.101 |
Producer name: BIOG18757 Print made by:Johann Wilhelm Baur |
Production date: 1641

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: Midas. |
Museum number: 1900,0613.577 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry WhiteAfter:Thomas Howell Jones |
Production date: 1823-1825

print; drawing book

Title: Paradigmata Graphices Variorum Artificum |
Museum number: 1850,0810.794 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan de BisschopAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1672-1689

print

Title: The Judgement of Midas |
Museum number: 1873,0809.335 |
Producer name: After:William MarlowPrint made by:Samuel Smith |
Production date: 1767 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; ticket; book-illustration

Museum number: 1897,1231.280 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1768-1776

print

Title: The Judgment of Midas |
Museum number: 1888,0716.287 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb FaciusPrint made by:George Sigmund Facius |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Judgment of Midas |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1597 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb FaciusPrint made by:George Sigmund Facius |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

sealstone

Museum number: 1923,0401.78 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 3rdC BC-1stC BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

stamnos

Museum number: 1851,0416.9 |
Producer name: BIOG59469 Attributed to:The Midas Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 440BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Chiusi