Apollo gives his child Asclepius, which he cut from Coronis' belly after shooting her dead, to the centaur Chiron. In the background, Chiron's daughter is shown turning into a horse, having predicted the future of Asclepius and her father. Below the depiction two times two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series., Apollo entrusts Asclepius to Chiron Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker

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