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Latona and the Lycian Peasants
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Latona and the Lycian Peasants

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · 1602 - 1607 · engraving; paper

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

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Latona and her children Apollo and Diana stop after a long journey at a lake in Lycia to quench their thirst. When the Lycian farmers working there hindered them, Latona turned them into frogs as punishment. In the margin, a four-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin.

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Credit lineLatona en de Lycische boeren. 1602 - 1607. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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