Metamorphoseon sive transformationum

About this artwork

Coronis, de dochter van Coroneus, wordt begeerd door Neptunus. Zij roept de hulp in van de goden om aan zijn omhelzing te ontsnappen. De goden veranderen haar in een kraai. Coronis heeft vleugels en rent weg van Neptunus. Titel in het Latijn in ondermarge.

About the Artist

Antonio Tempesta · 1555–1630

Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630), known as 'Il Tempestino,' was a Florentine painter and printmaker whose extraordinary output of approximately 1,700 etchings made him one of the most influential printmakers of the early Baroque period. Born in Florence and trained under Santi di Tito and the Flemish master Joannes Stradanus, he enrolled in the Accademia del Disegno in 1576 before relocating to Rome i...