Arcas Preparing to Kill his Mother, Changed into a Bear

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Arcas Preparing to Kill his Mother, Changed into a Bear

Plate: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 2, plate 9
Holland, published 1590
Prints; engravings
Engraving
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 10 3/8 in. (18.42 × 26.35 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (17.46 × 25.08 cm)
Gift of Mary Stansbury Ruiz (M.83.119.3)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

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