Despues de haber cantado Polifemo las alabanzas de Galatea la veq.ese entretenia con Acis · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Despues de haber cantado Polifemo las alabanzas de Galatea la veq.ese entretenia con Acis
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Sicily; Italy
Description: This image depicts the water nymph Galatea sitting on a rock surrounded by other nymph companions as she tells a story about her lover Acis. As she talks about her lover, the cyclops Polyphemus overhears her and becomes outraged with jealousy because he was in love with Galatea. Polyphemus is depicted at the top of the image watching over Galatea as she talks about Acis. Polyphemus becomes so jealous of Acis that he kills him by throwing a boulder at him.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25125
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_25125_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Polyphemus; Galatea; Acis; Jealousy; Mythology