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Apollo Kills the Giant Serpent Python
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 descriptionCredit lineApollo doodt de reuzenslang Python. 1589. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.