This is a print containing a passage from ovid's metamorphoses translated into french and an illustration by the hand of bernard salomon. The text and illustration are surrounded by a rich decoration. The mythological episode depicted is as follows: ceres travels the earth tirelessly in search of her daughter proserpina, who was kidnapped by pluto into the underworld. An old woman gives ceres a drink. The old woman's son, ascalabus, mocks ceres and the goddess transforms him into a lizard. The print is part of the 1564 edition of the metamorphosis of ovid figuratively, published by the french typographer jean de tournes. Date: 1564. Medium: gravure. Collection: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon. Cères cherche la fille
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