Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) - Prometheus schenkt de mens het vuur

Prometheus stands next to the human figure that he himself created from mud and gives him fire in the form of a torch. Different animals around the two men (elephant, lion, monkey, dog, cow, etc.) . Two lines of Latin text underneath the scene. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that depict stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series.

Etching and engraving by the studio from and after a design by Hendrick Goltzius (Brüggen, 1558 - Haarlem, 1617) . Originally published in Haarlem in 1589. Here in a slightly later, 17th century edition.

Catalog reference: New Hollstein, 533.

See also the copy from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, object number RP-P-1882-A-6344.

Good condition. Slightly weak print. Paper with wide margins, but slightly dirty. Some light creases. Verso: blank.

See also the photos.

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