Proserpina Turning Ascalaphus into an Owl (Ascalaphus a proserpina in bubonem mutatur), from The Metamorphoses of Ovid (Metamorphosean Sive Transformationum), plate 49
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The Metamorphoses of Ovid
Artist: Willem Jansz.|Antonio Tempesta
Artist bio: Dutch, active Amsterdam ?1605–20|Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome
Artist role: Publisher|Artist
Artist nationality: Dutch|Italian
Date: Published after 1606
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 6 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (17.5 x 20 cm)
plate: 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (15 x 11.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of S. Paul Jones, 1935
Accession year: 1935