Iconography
Further details
According to the British Museum Collections Database (as of 2013) after a cartouche in the Galerie in Fontainebleau, the scene is based on Ovid's Metamorphoses, VIII, 738-884 and shows the Dryads protecting a tree form Erysichthon
Artist or creator
Date
1540 - 1545
Location
Associated persons
Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
A. P. F. Robert-Dumesnil, Le peintre-graveur Français, Paris 1835-1865, VIII.17.24(i)
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Acknowledgements
Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’
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