Daughters of Cecrops open the basket of Minerva, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), After Hendrick Goltzius, 1590 print Imagination of the first story that the crow Cornix tells to the white raven Corvus. Cornix sees from a tree that the three daughters of Cecrops open a braided basket that has been entrusted by Minverva without being allowed to view the content. In the basket Erichthonius, a baby with a snake tail. 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. Thi
Daughters of Cecrops open the basket of Minerva, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), After Hendrick Goltzius, 1590 print Imagination of the first story that the crow Cornix tells to the white raven Corvus. Cornix sees from a tree that the three daughters of Cecrops open a braided basket that has been entrusted by Minverva without being allowed to view the content. In the basket Erichthonius, a baby with a snake tail. 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 suffering, misfortune of Cecrops' daughters.
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Photo credit: © piemags/rmn / Alamy / Afripics
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