Perseus about to cut off the head of Medusa while looking at it in the reflection of his shield. Etching after A. van Diepenbeeck.

  • Diepenbeeck, Abraham van, 1596-1675.
Date:
[between 1655 and 1733?]
Reference:
2917583i
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Description

Ovid, Metamorphoses IV:753-803. Perseus looks into the mirror in order to avoid being turned into stone by the direct sight of Medusa's head. Athena, flying in from above, provides the polished shield, right.

Publication/Creation

[Paris? Amsterdam?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1655 and 1733?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 25.8 x 19.5 cm

Contributors

Lettering

There is a space for lettering at the bottom of the plate, but there is no lettering.

Edition

[State before lettering].

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2917583i

Notes

One print in a series of prints designed by Abraham van Diepenbeeck, published by M. de Marolles in Le temple des Muses, Paris 1655, through engravings by Cornelis Bloemaert, and subsequently copied by Peter de Bailliu (1676) and Bernard Picart (1732-1733) for publication in editions of Ovid's Metamporphoses

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