Landschap met Byblis en Caunus Byblis is in love with her brother Caunus who flees for her. Byblis eventually turns into a water source. In the air flying Amor, averted eyes. With an empty marge. Manufacturer : printmaker: Bernard Picartnaar own design: Bernard Picart Dating: 1683 - 1733 Physical features: etching; proofing material: paper Technique: etching dimensions: plate edge: H 198 mm × W 270 mmToelichtingDefinitieve-numbered state of this print listed in: Impostures Innocentes, Recueil ou d'estampes d'après diverse peintres (...) par Bernard Picart (...) avec son elogue historique et le
Landschap met Byblis en Caunus Byblis is in love with her brother Caunus who flees for her. Byblis eventually turns into a water source. In the air flying Amor, averted eyes. With an empty marge. Manufacturer : printmaker: Bernard Picartnaar own design: Bernard Picart Dating: 1683 - 1733 Physical features: etching; proofing material: paper Technique: etching dimensions: plate edge: H 198 mm × W 270 mmToelichtingDefinitieve-numbered state of this print listed in: Impostures Innocentes, Recueil ou d'estampes d'après diverse peintres (...) par Bernard Picart (...) avec son elogue historique et le catalog de ses ouvrages. Amsterdam: widow Bernard Picart, 1734. Subject: Byblis falls in love with her brother Caunus, who scorns her loveByblis changed into a fountain: after looking for Caunus everywhere, Byblis lies down at last, bathed in tears, and is changed into a fountain (Ovid, Metamorphoses IX 663) (or story) Cupid, Amor (Eros)
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