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Apollo Kills the Giant Serpent Python
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Apollo Kills the Giant Serpent Python

1589 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Apollo kills the giant snake Python (here depicted more like a dragon, with legs) with many arrows. Below the image two times two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineApollo doodt de reuzenslang Python. 1589. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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