Cadmus Sows the Dragon's Teeth Which Turn into Armed Men

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Cadmus Sows the Dragon's Teeth Which Turn into Armed Men

Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 3, plate 4

Holland, published 1615
Prints; engravings
Engraving
Sheet: 7 × 10 1/8 in. (17.78 × 25.72 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (17.46 × 25.08 cm)
Gift of Mary Stansbury Ruiz (M.83.119.7)
Prints and Drawings
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.