Mirra pare a Adonis y es transformada en el arbol de su nombre · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mirra pare a Adonis y es transformada en el arbol de su nombre
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Cyprus; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts the birth of Adonis and the transformation of his mother Myrrha. Myrrha asked the gods to punish her for having incestuous relations with her father. They abided, and transformed her into a Myrrh tree. Before she is fully transformed, her son is born. Myrrha, almost fully transformed into a tree, is depicted on the left side of the image crying. The goddess of childbirth, Lucina, is depicted holding the newborn as she washes him. Numerous nymphs are surrounding Lucina as they help care for the baby and for Myrrha.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25090
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_25090_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Myrrha; Adonis; Transformation; Lucina; Goddesses; Mythology