Friday, July 20, 2012

Cadmus, turned into a snake, embraced by his wife...







Cadmus, turned into a snake, embraced by his wife Harmonia;.illustration to Renouard’s French translation of Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ (Paris, veuve Langelier, 1619, p.117); letterpress text on verso. c.1619

Engraving


Print made by Michel Faulte


The British Museum




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