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Title
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Venus/Cupido/Pluto
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Description
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This image illustrates the god of the underworld, Pluto, riding on his chariot drawn by his black horses. He was riding around the Earth to ensure that there were no cracks within the Earth’s surface. While riding, Pluto was shot with an arrow of love by the god Cupid. Cupid is illustrated with his mother, Venus, standing on a hill in the background of the engraving. Venus instructed her son Cupid to do this so that Pluto will abduct Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:21831
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Source Name
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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]
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Image
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mta_21831_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Gods
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Goddesses
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Muses
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Proserpina
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Pluto
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Venus
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Cupid
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Roman Mythology
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Greek Mythology
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Ceres