Bauwren auß Lycia in Frösch · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Bauwren auß Lycia in Frösch
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Lycia
Description: This engraving illustrates Latona, the daughter of Titans, kneeling by a lake with her hands reaching towards the water. Her children, Phoebus and Diana, are clutched to her side. Latona became fatigued from her journey and when she attempted to drink the water from the lake, local farmers denied her access. Offended by their behaviour, Latona punished the men by turning them into frogs. This is illustrated on the right-hand side of the engraving, where two of the men have undergone the transformation.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21938
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_21938_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Gods; Goddesses; Latona; Diana; Phoebus; Transformation; Hubris