Identification title(s): alcyone prays for the safe return of ceyx. Ovid's metamorphoses (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-15. 960. Catalog reference: franken 1338-90. Hollstein dutch 852. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: alcyone prays for the safe return of her beloved ceyx, kneeling before an altar of juno. In the background iris that goes like an arc in the sky to the palace of sleep. He must ensure that alcyone dreams of the recently deceased ceyx and thus learns what happened. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in latin. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: crispijn van de passe (i). Place of manufacture: cologne. Dating: 1602 - 1607. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 85 mm × w 131 mm. Subject: what: alcyone prays to juno for the safe return of ceyx. Iris visits hypnos on alcyone's behalf. Acquisition: unknown 1991. Date: between 1602 and 1607.
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