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Latona and the Lycian Peasants
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Latona and the Lycian Peasants

Jan Brueghel (I) · c. 1605 · panel; oil paint (paint)

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

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No one insults a goddess and remains unpunished. Tired and parched, Latona, the mother of Apollo and Diana, halts to quench her thirst at a pond. Some peasants working nearby, however, prevent her from doing so. Latona curses them by changing them into frogs and condemning them to spend eternity in the mire. Two peasants already have a frog’s head.

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Credit lineLatona and the Lycian Peasants. c. 1605. Jan Brueghel (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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