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Neptune Reaching for Coronis
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Neptune Reaching for Coronis

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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Neptune reaches for Coronis, the daughter of Coroneus, whom he desired. To escape, she called upon the gods, whereupon Minerva turned her into a crow. In the margin, a four-line inscription in two columns, in Latin.

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Credit lineNeptunus reikt naar Coronis. 1602 - 1607. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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