Title: Plate 149: Aesculapius as a Serpent, Among the Romans (AEsculapius in anguem conversus Roman advehitur), from Ovid's "Metamorphoses"
Object type: Print
Date: 1606
Portfolio: Metamorphoses
Artist:  Antonio Tempesta 
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 in. × 4 1/2 in. (10.1 × 11.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Serpents, term: Boats