Thomas Carwitham, active 1723, British, Ceres and Abas: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 5, ca. 1723. Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper. Ascalabus (Stellio, Abas) changed into a lizard: Ceres changes the boy into a lizard as punishment for mocking her, when quenching her thirst too avidly (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 456) , building , child , figures , literary theme , nude , Ovid's Metamorphoses , religious and mythological subject. Misme, mother of Ascalabus Ceres, Roman deity Ascalabus, son
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723, British, Ceres and Abas: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 5, ca. 1723. Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper. Ascalabus (Stellio, Abas) changed into a lizard: Ceres changes the boy into a lizard as punishment for mocking her, when quenching her thirst too avidly (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 456) , building , child , figures , literary theme , nude , Ovid's Metamorphoses , religious and mythological subject. Misme, mother of Ascalabus Ceres, Roman deity Ascalabus, son of Misme
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