Identification title(s): telethusa and iphis pray to isis. Ovid's metamorphoses (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-2014-34-55. Inscriptions / marks: number, handwritten: '55' annotation, handwritten: 'teletuze's prayer to isis. Lib. 9. Collector's mark, verso, stamped: 'hinloopen'. Description: on the eve of iphis's wedding to ianthe, telethusa and her daughter pray to isis, asking him to turn iphis into a man. Above the altar, the horns of the goddess light up, after which their wish is fulfilled. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: crispijn van de passe (ii), publisher: crispijn van de passe (ii) (attributed to). Dating: ca. 1636 - 1670. Physical features: engraving; proof. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 162 mm × w 230 mm explanation this incomplete series, consisting of 77 of a total of 85 prints with scenes from ovid's metamorphoses, was bound in 1709 together with ovid's illustrations of tempesta, goltzius and le pautre in one album, schijnvoet number 43. This band was broken up again in the nineteenth century. Subject: what: iphis and telethusa implore the assistance of isis. Credit line: loan from the rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Acquisition: loan 1979. Date: between circa 1636 and circa 1670.
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