Proserpina Turning Ascalaphus into an Owl

* Nearly 20,000 images of artworks the museum believes to be in the public domain are available to download on this site. Other images may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. By using any of these images you agree to LACMA's Terms of Use.

Proserpina Turning Ascalaphus into an Owl

Alternate Title: Ascalaphus a Proserpina in bubonem mutatur
Series: The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 49
Edition: Second edition
Italy, published 1606
Prints; etchings
Etching
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (10.8 × 12.07 cm) Image: 4 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (10.48 × 12.07 cm)
Los Angeles County Fund (65.37.133)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

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