Arkivism
Deucalion and Pyrrha create a new race of men
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Deucalion and Pyrrha create a new race of men

1589 · engraving; paper

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

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Deucalion and Pyrrha, the only man and woman who had survived the great flood of the gods, throw stones behind them with covered faces, which turn into men and women. They received this advice from the oracle in the temple behind them. On the left on the mountain behind the oracle, the ark is visible in which Deucalion and Pyrrha survived the flood. In the lower margin, a four-line explanation in two columns, in Latin.

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Credit lineDeucalion en Pyrrha scheppen een nieuw mensenras. 1589. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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