[Fables from the Eleventh Book] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Fables from the Eleventh Book]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This image appears at the beginning of the eleventh book and contains many elements that appear throughout the book. There is a lyre on the left side of the image which represents Orpheus and his story. There is a reed at the bottom left corner of the image to represents Pan and his musical abilities. The centre of the image depicts Orpheus being attacked by the Maenads. There is a snake in the bottom right corner which is representative of many elements in the book where snakes appear.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25102
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_25102_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Fables; Mythology; Gods; Goddesses