Procris muere del flechazo que le tiro Cefalo juzgandola una fiera · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Procris muere del flechazo que le tiro Cefalo juzgandola una fiera
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Athens; Ancient Greece
Description: This engraving depicts Cephalus, whose hunting trip went awry as he had accidentally shot his wife Procris with the spear that she had gifted him. Cephalus was hunting, and when he heard movement in the trees, he threw his magical spear at the target. His spear is magic as it never misses the target. While Cephalus was hunting, Procris was walking through the woods to discover if he was being unfaithful to her or not. Cephalus is depicted leaning over the body of his wife as she is illustrated with the spear impaling her breast.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25020
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 (1809)
Image: mta_25020_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Cephalus; Procris; Murder; Mythology