Prometheo forma al Hombre de Tierra y Agua · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Prometheo forma al Hombre de Tierra y Agua
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This image depicts the god Prometheus creating the first man. Ovid explains that humankind was formed to resemble the all-controlling Gods and Goddesses. He also explains that they were formed to stand upright apart from other animals so that they could look up to the skies and stars. The god is depicted as an older man with a balding head and a white beard. He is holding on to the stomach of the newly formed human who is illustrated in the nude. There are many animals such as a dog, horse and a crow surrounding the god and new human to demonstrate that they were also newly created.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24920
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_24920_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Creation; Humankind; Animals; Mythology