Bacchus changes his abductors into dolphins Bacchus changes the Tyrrhenian pirates by whom he was kidnapped in dolphins. He leaves ivy growing in the wall and samples appear Where: the sailors jump overboard and turn into dolphins. Book Illustration of Praise-sanck Bacchus, 1616. Manufacturer : printmaker Jacob Mathamnaar design: David Vinckboons (I) publisher: Willem Janszoon Blaeu Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1616 Physical features: engra, text in letterpress verso material: paper Technique: engra (printing process ) / letterpress dimensions: plate edge: h 78 mm × W 127 mmToelichtingBo
Bacchus changes his abductors into dolphins Bacchus changes the Tyrrhenian pirates by whom he was kidnapped in dolphins. He leaves ivy growing in the wall and samples appear Where: the sailors jump overboard and turn into dolphins. Book Illustration of Praise-sanck Bacchus, 1616. Manufacturer : printmaker Jacob Mathamnaar design: David Vinckboons (I) publisher: Willem Janszoon Blaeu Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1616 Physical features: engra, text in letterpress verso material: paper Technique: engra (printing process ) / letterpress dimensions: plate edge: h 78 mm × W 127 mmToelichtingBoekillustratie for: Heinsius, Daniel [edited by Peter Scriverius]. Nederduytsche poemata. dl. 3: Hymnus oft Lof-sanck of Bacchus, Waerin'tgebruyck income misbruyck Vande Wine wort described. Amsterdam: Willem Jansz Blaeu, 1616. Subject: Tyrrhenian sailors changed into dolphins: when Bacchus turns himself into a lion and has a vine grow about the ship, the Tyrrhenian sailors out of terror jump into the sea, and are metamorphosed into dolphins (Ovid , Metamorphoses III 662)
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