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Engraving of two standing figures, one draped and one nude, with a lion and dogs in a landscape, and figures in clouds above.

Prometheus Making Man and Animating Him with Fire From Heaven, from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 1)

An engraving shows two standing figures in a wooded landscape: a bearded man draped in a flowing cloak beside a nude male figure, with a lion, dogs, and a seated figure at lower left. Above, a figure in billowing clouds and a small group of gods appear in a circular opening in the sky.

Artist
Hendrick Goltzius
Date
1589
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1265 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1589).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Español: Prometeo creando al hombre, de las Metamorfosis de Ovidio

Un grabado muestra dos figuras de pie en un paisaje boscoso: un hombre barbado envuelto en una capa fluida junto a una figura masculina desnuda, con un león, perros y una figura sentada en la parte inferior izquierda. Arriba, una figura entre nubes agitadas y un grupo de dioses aparecen en una abertura circular del cielo.

Português: Prometeu criando o homem, das Metamorfoses de Ovídio

Uma gravura mostra duas figuras em pé em uma paisagem arborizada: um homem barbado envolto em uma capa fluida ao lado de uma figura masculina nua, com um leão, cães e uma figura sentada na parte inferior esquerda. Acima, uma figura entre nuvens agitadas e um grupo de deuses aparecem em uma abertura circular no céu.

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