Circe turns Picus into a woodpecker, Crispijn van de Passe (II) (After), After Antonio Tempesta, c. 1636 - 1670 print The sorceress Circe had fallen in love with Picus, king of Ausonia. However, he rejected her love because he was already in love with the Nymph Canens. Circe turns him into a woodpecker out of anger. In the distance, the picus page with the falcon and the hunting dogs await his horse. paper engraving Picus changed into a woodpecker: Circe changes Picus into a woodpecker because, faithful to his wife Canens, he spurns the love of the goddess (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 386)

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