Cornix turns into a crow Neptune and Coronis Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title) Cornix turns into a crow neptune and CoronisOvidius' Metamorphoses (series title) Property Type: print Serial number: 13 / 20Objectnummer: RP-P-1882-A-6375Catalogusreferentie: The Illustrated Bartsch 63-afterHollstein Dutch 540-afterNew Hollstein Dutch 564-1 (2) Description: Images of the second story tells the crow Cornix the white raven Corvus. Cornix (sometimes called Coronis) was the daughter of Coroneus Phocis. When she as a girl walked along the beach, the sea god Neptune tried for her crimes. Minerva Cornix

Cornix turns into a crow Neptune and Coronis Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title) Cornix turns into a crow neptune and CoronisOvidius' Metamorphoses (series title) Property Type: print Serial number: 13 / 20Objectnummer: RP-P-1882-A-6375Catalogusreferentie: The Illustrated Bartsch 63-afterHollstein Dutch 540-afterNew Hollstein Dutch 564-1 (2) Description: Images of the second story tells the crow Cornix the white raven Corvus. Cornix (sometimes called Coronis) was the daughter of Coroneus Phocis. When she as a girl walked along the beach, the sea god Neptune tried for her crimes. Minerva Cornix came to help and turned her into a crow. Among the show twice two verses in Latin. 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 second reeks. Manufacturer : printmaker: Hendrick Goltzius (studio) to design: Hendrick Goltzius Writer: Franco Estiusuitgever: Hendrick Goltzius Place manufacture: Haarlem Dating: 1590 Physical features: car material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: sheet: h 177 mm × W 255 mm Subject: 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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