Bacchus changes his abductors in Dolphins, Jacob Matham, After David Vinckboons, 1616 print Bacchus changes the Thyrrhenian pirates by whom he was abducted in dolphins. He lets ivy grow in the wall and samples appear, causing the sailors to jump overboard and turn into dolphins. Book illustration for: Lof-Sanck van Bacchus, 1616. Amsterdam paper engraving / letterpress printing 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, Met
Bacchus changes his abductors in Dolphins, Jacob Matham, After David Vinckboons, 1616 print Bacchus changes the Thyrrhenian pirates by whom he was abducted in dolphins. He lets ivy grow in the wall and samples appear, causing the sailors to jump overboard and turn into dolphins. Book illustration for: Lof-Sanck van Bacchus, 1616. Amsterdam paper engraving / letterpress printing 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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