unknown artist, Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four), ca. 1710
- Title:
- Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)
- Date:
- ca. 1710
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite, lower right: "No 3"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1170
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- clouds | death | eagle | goddesses | gods - classical mythology | Gorgoneion, head of Medusa | head | lion | literary theme | loom | lovers | lyre | Metamorphoses | monsters of the sea | nymph | nymph | Pegasus | rain | religious and mythological subject | serpents | statues | suicide
- Associated People:
- Harmonia
Cadmus
King Atlas
Perseus
Andromeda
Hermaphroditus
Salmacis
Pyramus
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