Plate 22: Cadmus's Men Killed by the Serpent (Draco Martius Cadmi socios depascit), 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: 15 3/16 x 20 1/2 in. (38.5 x 52 cm)
plate: 4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (10.5 x 12 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951
Tags: Men|Death