Arcas, the son of Jupiter and Callisto, aims his arrow at a bear, not knowing that it is his mother. The latter had changed form fifteen years earlier. In the background right one can see how Jupiter places mother and son in the sky, like constellations, before Arcas can shoot. 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., Arcas aims his arrow at Callisto Ovid's

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