[Fables from the Fifteenth Book] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Fables from the Fifteenth Book]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This image appears at the beginning of the fifteenth book. The centre of the image depicts a circular tablet that has a side portrait of Julius Caesar, whose story is told at the end of the fifteenth book. The letters “imp” are written after “Caesar” beside the portrait which stands for “imperator” [emperor]. There is a star in the top right corner of the image which represents the deification of Caesar and his transformation into a constellation.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25146
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1819)
Image: mta_25146_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Julius Caesar; Transformation; Deification; Gods; Goddesses; Mythology