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Allegorical title page with various scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses and his portrait
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Allegorical title page with various scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses and his portrait

Bernard Picart · 1731 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Allegorical representation with various scenes and metamorphoses from the book of Ovid. Among others in the foreground Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, Narcissus falling in love with his own reflection, and Leda seduced by Jupiter in the guise of a swan. In the middle Vertumnus as an old woman and Pomona, Apollo and Daphne, Pan and Syrinx. In the background Pluto and Proserpina, Perseus and the monster, the fall of Icarus. In the sky on a cloud Venus in her chariot, drawn by a swan. With a Latin inscription above and in a medallion under a garland the portrait of the writer Publius Ovidius Naso. In the cartouche below the representation the title in French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAllegorische titelpagina met verschillende scènes uit de metamorfosen van Ovidius en diens portret. 1731. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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