Cadmus asks the Delphic oracle what he has to do now his sister, Europe has been unable to find Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title) Cadmus, like brothers sent by his father to his sister Europa search, the oracle of Delphi asks what he is doing now he could not find her. The oracle replied that he had a particular cow ahead to hunt and the place Where: they lie must build a city. In the foreground of the picture kneels Cadmus at the oracle in the background, he drives from the cow before him. Among the show twice two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that depict

Cadmus asks the Delphic oracle what he has to do now his sister, Europe has been unable to find Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title) Cadmus, like brothers sent by his father to his sister Europa search, the oracle of Delphi asks what he is doing now he could not find her. The oracle replied that he had a particular cow ahead to hunt and the place Where: they lie must build a city. In the foreground of the picture kneels Cadmus at the oracle in the background, he drives from the cow before him. Among the show twice two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that depict stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This picture belongs to the third reeks. Manufacturer : printmaker: Hendrick Goltzius (studio) printmaker Robert Baudous the (studio) to design: Hendrick Goltzius (listed property) writer G. Rijckius (listed building) publisher: John Janssonius (listed property) Place manufacture: printmaker: Haarlem print Author: Netherlands Publisher: Amsterdam Date: 1615 Physical features: car material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: sheet: h 182 mm × W 255 mm Subject: Cadmus, in search of his sister Europa , consults the oracle of Apollo at DelphiCadmus meets the cow Which leads him into Boeotia

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