Cadmus Asks the Delphic Oracle Where He Can Find his Sister, Europa

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Cadmus Asks the Delphic Oracle Where He Can Find his Sister, Europa

Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 3, plate 1
Holland, published 1615
Prints; engravings
Engraving
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (24.77 × 31.43 cm) Image: 7 × 10 in. (17.78 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Mary Stansbury Ruiz (M.83.119.6)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.