Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Scylla (daughter of Nisus) / Scylla sees Minos when he comes to besiege her father's city and falls in love with him
Scylla (daughter of Nisus) / Scylla cuts off a lock from her father's hair that makes him invincible
Scylla (daughter of Nisus) / Scylla offers the lock to Minos, but he rejects it and turns Scylla away
Scylla (daughter of Nisus) / Scylla swims after Minos's ship and is attacked by her father, turned into a sea eagle

LITERATURE

Ancient / Ovid / Metamorphoses / Cycles / Holkham, Holkham Hall, MS 324
Ancient / Ovid / Metamorphoses / Book VIII

Further details

Artist or creator

Flemish

Date

15th century

Location

Holkham, Holkham Hall, 324

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso). Metamorphoses. Folio: 82v.

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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