The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 7 1/2 inches (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower center: "Met..lib.2"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5501
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
literary theme | basket | crow (animal) | Erichthonius, hidden in a basket, is handed over by Minerva to Aglauros and her sisters (Cecrops' daughters) to be taken care of | religious and mythological subject | figures | forest | Ovid's Metamorphoses