Title: The Challenge of the Pierides, from Ovid's Metamorphosis (Book V: 294-678)
Object type: Drawing
Date: 16th–17th century
Artist:  Karel van Mander I 
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Meulebeke 1548–1606 Amsterdam
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 6 9/16 x 8 15/16 in. (16.7 x 22.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, 2005 Benefit Fund and Dodge Fund, 2007
Geography: Country of Origin    The Netherlands      
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Female Nudes, term: Mythical Creatures