Allegorical title page with various scenes from the metamorphoses of Ovidius and his portrait Title page for: P. Ovidius Naso, Mé tamorphoses, 1732, Allegorical representation with various scenes and metamorphoses from the book of Ovidius. Among others in the foreground are Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, Narcissus who falls in love with his own reflection and Leda seduced by Jupiter in the form of a swan. In the middle Vertumnus as old woman and Pomona, Apollo and Daphne, Pan and Syrinx. In the background Pluto and Proserpina, Perseus and the monster, the fall of Icarus. In the sky on a cloud of Venus in her chariot pulled by a swan. With a uppercase in Latin and in a medallion under a garland, the portrait of the writer Publius Ovidius Naso. In the cartouche below the show the title in French., Title-page, metamorphoses, classical mythology, Publius Ovidius Naso, Bernard Picart (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1731, paper, engraving, h 387 mm × w 254 mm
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