Beschreibung deß sterbens in Aegina · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Beschreibung deß sterbens in Aegina
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Athens; Aegina; Ancient Greece
Description: This engraving illustrates the plague that ravaged in Aegina. King Aeacus of Aegina recalls this story to Cephalus and explains that the plague hit Aegina due to Juno being jealous that the island was named after Aeacus’ mother. There are people depicted throughout the engraving that have fallen and died due to the epidemic. Humans were not the only ones affected by the plague, as most of the animals had perished as well. The man illustrated with his arms in the air is the farmer of the oxen that have collapsed. He is showing his dismay at the tragedy that surrounds him.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22823
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_22823_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Plague; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology

Media: mta_22823_OBJ.jpg