Beschreibung deß hungers · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Beschreibung deß hungers
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Scythia; Ancient Greece
Description: Ceres intends to punish Erysichthon, an impious man who had chopped down a tree sacred to the goddess herself. She plans to send the personification of Famine to Erysichthon so that he is penalized for his hubris. Ceres, however, is unable to meet Famine herself as they are antithetical to one another. Ceres commands an Oread to meet with Famine in her place. Ceres is illustrated in the engraving on her snake-drawn chariot in the sky, pointing at the Oread as she issues her command.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22843
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_22843_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Ceres; Erysichthon; Famine; Oread; Gods; Goddesses; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology