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Metamorphoses

Author Ovid Roman
1607
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Metamorphoses
  • Author: Ovid (Roman, Sulmo 43 BCE–17 CE Tomis, Moesia)
  • Illustrator: Crispijn de Passe the Younger (Dutch, Cologne ca. 1594–1670 Amsterdam)
  • Date: 1607
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.2000.1–.63
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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