Progne erlöst ire Schwester Philomelam · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Progne erlöst ire Schwester Philomelam
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Thebes; Thrace
Description: Procne is illustrated with a spear in her hand with a group of companions behind her. They are treading through the woods to rescue Procne’s sister, Philomela, who had been captured by Procne’s husband, Tereus. Tereus had put Philomela in a cabin in the woods and cut off her tongue to prevent anyone from finding her. Philomela, however, weaved a cloth that described the situation and found a messenger to bring it to Procne. Disgusted by her husband’s actions, Procne wasted no time to tread through the woods to find her sister, who is illustrated in the doorway of the cabin.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22033
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_22033_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Mutilation; Abduction; Lust; Procne; Philomela; Tereus; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology

Media: mta_22033_OBJ.jpg