Arcas and Callisto disguised as a Bear -Illustration to Ovid's Metamorphoses No. 21 (one of 12 from a set of 103 prints)

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Arcas and Callisto disguised as a Bear -Illustration to Ovid's Metamorphoses No. 21 (one of 12 from a set of 103 prints),

c. 1600

Crispijn van de Passe I, the Elder, 1564–1637; born Arnemuiden, Netherlands; died Utrecht, Netherlands; active Cologne, Germany,
x1934-1142.126

Information

Title
Arcas and Callisto disguised as a Bear -Illustration to Ovid's Metamorphoses No. 21 (one of 12 from a set of 103 prints)
Dates

c. 1600

Maker
Crispijn van de Passe I, the Elder
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet trimmed inside plate: 8.4 x 13.1 cm. (3 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-1142.126
Culture
European
Type
prints

Junius S. Morgan (1867–1932); bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1932

Group (not set), including .1-.81, .87-.138,.142-.148, by de Passe; individual cards in the Print Room

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