Plate 49: Proserpina Turning Ascalaphus into an Owl (Ascalaphus a Proserpina in bubonem mutatur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Antonio Tempesta
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1606
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 4 9/16 in. (10.4 × 11.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951