Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Actaeon / Diana and Actaeon / Actaeon transformed / Actaeon entirely human
Actaeon / Diana and Actaeon / Actaeon chased and killed / Actaeon as a stag

LITERATURE

Ancient / Ovid / Metamorphoses / Cycles / Venice 1517 (copies after Venice 1497)

Further details

The woodcuts are the same as in the edition Venice (Rusconi) 1517 (Essling 230); most of them were free copies of the 1497 edition (Essling 223) made for this edition, but some come from an earlier set of copies first used in the 1509 edition (Essling 228) or the 1497 original

Artist or creator

Venetian

Date

1517

Location

.., Blank

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso). P. Ovidii Metamorphoseos vulgare. Venice (Rusconi). 1522. Folio: 18r.
View this reference in the Warburg library catalogue, or as a Warburg digital facsimile.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Victor Masséna prince d'Essling, Etudes sur l'art de la gravure sur bois à Venise, vol. 1, Florence 1907, p. 233, no. 235

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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