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Athamas Learchum interficit et Ino Melicertam in aequor praecipitat (The Insane Athamas Killing Learchus, While Ino and Melicertor Jump into the Sea), pl. 39 from the series Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Title:
Athamas Learchum interficit et Ino Melicertam in aequor praecipitat (The Insane Athamas Killing Learchus, While Ino and Melicertor Jump into the Sea), pl. 39 from the series Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Artist(s):
Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelmus Jansonnius
Date:
17th century
Location:
Not on display
Century:
17th Century AD
Media:
Etching
Dimensions:
10.4 x 11.7 cm (image)
Department:
Achenbach Foundation
Object Type:
Print
Country:
Italy
Continent:
Europe
Provenance:

Provenance:
Ganymede Graphics, Berkeley, 1971;
Marcus Sopher;

Accession Number:
1989.1.172
Acquisition Date:
1989-12-07
Credit Line:

Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection