Apollo guarding the herds of Admetus, Sébastien Leclerc, 1676

Intaglio and etching print made by the french engraver sébastien leclerc (1637-1714), illustrating an episode from ovid's metamorphoses: apollo, condemned by the gods for having killed the cyclops, becomes the shepherd of king admetus. The work is part of a set of prints intended to illustrate the work of isaac de benserade, metamorphoses of ovide en rondeaux print and enriched with figures [. . . ] (paris, 1676). Date: 1676. Medium: etching, intaglio. Collection: Lyon, Bibliothèque du Palais des Arts. Sébastien Leclerc - Apollon gardant les troupeaux d'Admète