Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Prometheus / Forming the first man
Prometheus / Bringing fire to mankind

LITERATURE

Ancient / Ovid / Metamorphoses / Cycles / Engravings after Goltzius (c.1589 and c.1615)

Further details

Prometheus making man and animating him with fire from heaven

Artist or creator

Goltzius, Hendrick (1558-1617) (after)

Date

1589 (circa)

Location

London, British Museum (Dept. of Prints and Drawings)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Project

Bartsch

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Web resources

British Museum

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation
Number two from the series of 52 plates illustrating Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”

Contact

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