Arcas points his arrow on Callisto; Ovidius' metamorphoses. Arcas, the son of Jupiter and Callisto, aims his arrow on a bear, not knowing that his mother is. He changed a form fifteen before fifteen years. In the background right you can see how Jupiter's mother and son, before Arcas can shoot, place the sky, like constellations. Under the show twice two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that depicting stories from Ovidius' metamorphoses. This series varies in three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series.

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Size: 2946px × 2032px
Photo credit: © BTEU/RKMLGE / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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