Lycaon verandert in een wolf, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589 print Jupiter sits at the table, the eagle at his feet. Lycaon flees him, his head has already turned into a wolf's head. With this metamorphosis from man to wolf, Jupiter Lycaon punished for serving human flesh. In the background, Lycaon's house goes up in flames - a second punishment for the meat meal. Two times two lines of Latin text under the performance. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that represent stories from Ovid's metamorphoses. This series falls into three numbered series: two
Lycaon verandert in een wolf, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589 print Jupiter sits at the table, the eagle at his feet. Lycaon flees him, his head has already turned into a wolf's head. With this metamorphosis from man to wolf, Jupiter Lycaon punished for serving human flesh. In the background, Lycaon's house goes up in flames - a second punishment for the meat meal. Two times two lines of Latin text under the performance. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that represent stories from Ovid's metamorphoses. This series falls into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series. Haarlem paper engraving Lycaon changed into a wolf: Jupiter changes Lycaon into a wolf as punishment for offering the god, who is sitting at table, human flesh to eat; Lycaon's house is struck with lightning (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 237)
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