Thomas Carwitham, active 1723, British, Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2, 1723
- Title:
- Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
- Date:
- 1723
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink, and brown wash; squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured white wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 7/16 x 7 1/2in. (16.4 x 19.1cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Met. lib 2.
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5500
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- Coronis changed into a crow: to escape the love of Neptune, Coronis, daughter of Coroneus, is changed into a crow by Minerva (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 569) | crow (animal) | gods | metamorphosis (biological event) | Ovid's Metamorphoses | pitchfork | religious and mythological subject
- Associated People:
- Neptune
Minerva
Coronis - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14914
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