Jupiter turns King Lycaon into a wolf, Metamorphoses by Ovid (series title), Lycaon (right) tried to cheat Jupiter (left, with eagle) by slaughtering his son Arcas and offering him for dinner, whereupon Jupiter turns him into a wolf. The king's palace is struck by lightning in the background. In the lower margin a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin., print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), after design by: Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1589, paper, engraving, height 178 mm × width 256 mm
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