Dios desenvuelve el Cahos, saca de el los Elementos y coloca cada cosa en su lugar · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Dios desenvuelve el Cahos, saca de el los Elementos y coloca cada cosa en su lugar
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: Ovid describes a world in which chaos reigned and everything was out of its place. A God of an unknown name that is depicted in this image, takes all the chaos in the world and organizes it into stability and peace. The God in the image is depicted flying in the centre of the page and pointing towards the sun. The world is illustrated beneath him as he separates the skies from the earth.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24919
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Dn. Francisco Crivell y Adornados con Estampas finas por D. Jose Assensio [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian With Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell and Decorated with Fine Prints by D. Jose Assensio]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1805)
Image: mta_24919_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: God; Chaos; Creation; Mythology