Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737, Dutchafter Gerard de Lairesse, 1640–1711, FlemishPublished by Nicolaes Visscher II, 1649–1702, Netherlandish
Title:
King Lyncus Turned Into a Lynx by Ceres
Date:
between 1675 and 1700
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 17 7/16 inches (35.2 × 44.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "449"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.1313
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
murder | men | woman | flying | crown | bed | pillow | Greek mythology | goddess | Lyncus changed into a lynx: Ceres changes Lyncus into a lynx when he is on the point of murdering the sleeping Triptolemus (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 657) | battle | lynx | sword | fighting | king (person) | sleeping | religious and mythological subject