Apollo doodt Coronis, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1590 print Apollo shoots the pregnant Coronis. The raven who had told her adultery flies above the shooter. On the right in the background you can see how Apollo gets the child Asclepius from Coronis' belly; To the left of that, the cremation of Coronis is depicted. Two times two lines of Latin text under the performance. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that represent stories from Ovid's metamorphoses. This series falls into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belong
Apollo doodt Coronis, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1590 print Apollo shoots the pregnant Coronis. The raven who had told her adultery flies above the shooter. On the right in the background you can see how Apollo gets the child Asclepius from Coronis' belly; To the left of that, the cremation of Coronis is depicted. Two times two lines of Latin text under the performance. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that represent stories from Ovid's metamorphoses. This series falls into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series. Haarlem paper engraving Apollo shoots Coronis, but repenting his act he tries in vain to recall her to life. Apollo (or Mercury) cuts the still living Aesculapius from Coronis' womb
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