Neptune orders the river gods to cause a deluge, Metamorphoses of Ovid (series title), Standing in a mountainous coastal landscape, Neptune addresses a number of river gods. He calls upon them to help him cause a flood. For Jupiter has decreed that humanity must be wiped out with a great flood, as punishment for bad behavior. In the lower margin a four-line commentary, 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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