Description from karl woermann's gallery catalogue 1887: cephalos at the corpse of procris. According to the greek fable (ovid's metamorphoses, vii. 835–865), cephalos had killed his lover procris, who was hiding in the bushes and who had secretly followed him hunting out of jealousy, mistaking her for game. On the right, her corpse, whose chest has been pierced by an arrow, lies half upright on a rock. On the left, cephalos sits despairingly on a stone, holds his hands folded over his knee and lets his gaze wander plaintively towards the sky, where a small, weeping cupid flutters. Canvas; h. 2. 07 m; w. 2. 54 m. Date: circa 1750. Medium: copper engraving print. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Dresden) Galeriewerk Heineken 074
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