Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 5 11/16 x 8 3/4 inches (14.5 x 22.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower center: "Met. lib. 5."; in black ink, on back of mount, upper left: "S/L"; in graphite, on back, center: "Italian drawing | XVI-XVII century"; on back, lower right: "Ben[...]ing collector's marks of | Sir Joshua Reynolds | Mr. William Sharp of Manchester"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2009.9.22
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Ascalabus (Stellio, Abas) changed into a lizard: Ceres changes the boy into a lizard as punishment for mocking her, when quenching her thirst too avidly (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 456) | religious and mythological subject | literary theme | building | child | nude | figures | Ovid's Metamorphoses