The Insane Athamas Killing Learchus, While Ino and Melicertor Jump into the Sea

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The Insane Athamas Killing Learchus, While Ino and Melicertor Jump into the Sea

Alternate Title: Athamas Learchum interficit et Ino Melicertam in aequor praecipitat
Series: The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 39
Edition: Second edition
Italy, published 1606
Prints; etchings
Etching
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (10.48 × 11.75 cm) Image: 4 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (10.48 × 11.75 cm)
Los Angeles County Fund (65.37.123)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

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