Minerva Asks Envy to Inspire Jealousy in Aglauros

Minerva stands by the cave where Envy dwells and asks her to make Aglauros jealous of her sister Herse. This is because the goddess is still angry with Aglauros: she had previously taken the initiative to open the basket with Erichthonius, whom Minerva had entrusted to the daughters of Cecrops on the condition that they keep it closed. Below the image, two sets of two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The series is divided into three numbered sets: two sets of 20 prints and one set of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second set.