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Engraving of a bearded cloaked man and a nude man standing in a landscape with a lion, dog, and putto, clouds above and Latin text below.

Ovidius' Metamorfosen

An engraved scene of two standing male figures, one bearded and cloaked, the other nude, before a cloudy sky with a small circle of figures above. A lion, a dog, and a putto with a tortoise fill the foreground, with Latin verse printed in the lower margin.

Artist
atelier van Hendrick Goltzius
Date
1589
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2848 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1589.
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Metamorfosis de Ovidio: Prometeo y la creación del hombre

Grabado con dos figuras masculinas de pie, una barbada y envuelta en una capa, la otra desnuda, ante un cielo nublado con un pequeño círculo de figuras arriba. En primer plano hay un león, un perro y un putto con una tortuga, y en el margen inferior se lee texto latino.

Português: Metamorfoses de Ovídio: Prometeu e a criação do homem

Gravura com duas figuras masculinas em pé, uma barbada e envolta em capa, a outra nua, diante de um céu nublado com um pequeno círculo de figuras no alto. No primeiro plano aparecem um leão, um cão e um putto com uma tartaruga, e há texto em latim na margem inferior.

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