Neptunus reaches to Coronis, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Neptunus reaches for Coronis, the daughter of Coroneus, who was coveted by him. To escape, she called in the help of the gods, on which Minerva turned her into a crow. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving Coronis changed into a crow: to escape the love of Neptune, Coronis, daughter of Coroneus, is changed into a crow by Minerva (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 569)

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