Harmonia en Cadmus, Crispijn Van De Fasse (I), 1602 - 1607 print Cadmus and Harmonia depart from their own city of Thebes to Illyria. In the forests around Illyria, Cadmus finally decided to ask the gods to turn him into a snake, on which Harmonia prayed the same. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving Cadmus and Harmonia changed into snakes: when loaded with grief and the infirmity of old age, Cadmus and Harmonia are changed into snakes (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 576)

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