Prometheus Forms Man and Animates Him with Fire from Heaven

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Prometheus Forms Man and Animates Him with Fire from Heaven

Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, plate 2
Holland, published 1589
Prints; engravings
Engraving
Sheet: 7 × 10 in. (17.78 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (17.46 × 25.08 cm)
Graphic Arts Council Curatorial Discretionary Fund (M.71.76.2)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.