The daughters of Cecrops open the basket with Erichthonius Metamorphoses Ovid (series title) the three daughters of Cecrops king of Athens, open the basket Where: in Erichthonius who has a snake tail, lies. The tree sits was a crow who witnessed the event. Left in the background Vulcan Minerva tries to rape. His seed when spilled on the ground and bore the child Erichthonius Mother Earth. In the margin of a four-line signature, in two columns, in the Latijn. Manufacturer : print maker: Crispijn of de Passe (I) Place manufacture: Cologne Date: 1602 - 1607 Physical characteristics: engra materia
The daughters of Cecrops open the basket with Erichthonius Metamorphoses Ovid (series title) the three daughters of Cecrops king of Athens, open the basket Where: in Erichthonius who has a snake tail, lies. The tree sits was a crow who witnessed the event. Left in the background Vulcan Minerva tries to rape. His seed when spilled on the ground and bore the child Erichthonius Mother Earth. In the margin of a four-line signature, in two columns, in the Latijn. Manufacturer : print maker: Crispijn of de Passe (I) Place manufacture: Cologne Date: 1602 - 1607 Physical characteristics: engra material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 86 mm × W 130 mm Subject: the daughters of Cecrops open the basket and discover the serpent-shaped shield; possibly a crow ( Coronis metamorphosed) looks one (+ variant) Vulcan Attempts to violate Minerva; Gaea is accidentally fertilized
Size: 1942px × 1286px
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