Proserpine, betrayed by Ascalaphus, turns him into an owl. Engraving by Briot, 16--.

  • Briot.
Date:
[between 1600 and 1699]
Reference:
589660i
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Description

An episode in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Jupiter had promised Ceres that Proserpine would be freed from the underworld provided that she had eaten nothing. Ascalaphus revealed that Proserpine had eaten seven pomegranite seeds.

Publication/Creation

[Paris?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1600 and 1699]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 11.1 x 13.8 cm

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Ascalaphe en hibou. Le suiet de la VIII fable. ... The owl is described as "oiseau sinistre & tres mauvaise augure"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 589660i

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