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Title
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De Yphis y Anaxarete
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Description
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This engraving depicts the story of Iphis and Anaxarete. A young man named Iphis had fallen in love with a young noble woman named Anaxarete. Unfortunately for Iphis, Anaxarete’s feelings were not mutual. Iphis hung himself outside of Anaxarete’s room out of grief for the unrequited love. This is depicted on the left side of the engraving. There are servants emerging out of the doorway with shocked expressions as they see Iphis hanging. The background of the engraving illustrates the funeral ceremony for Iphis, as he is carried away on a funeral bier with his mother walking directly behind the bier. Anaxarete is depicted looking out of her window as she watches the funeral processions.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:11894
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Source Name
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Las Transformaciones de Ovidio en lengua Española, repartidas en quinze libros, con las Allegorias al fin dellos, y sus figuras, para prouecho de los Artifices [The Transformations of Ovid in the Spanish language, distributed in fifteen books, with the allegories at the end of them and their figures, for the benefit of the creators]
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Image
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Subject
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Anaxarete
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Roman Mythology
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Greek Mythology
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Unrequited Love
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Iphis
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