Identification title(s): proserpina and ascalaphus as owl. Object type: print object number: rp-p-h-c-69. Catalog reference: the illustrated bartsch 45 copy. Bartsch 45 copy. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 10 collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 11 collector's mark, verso, stamped: 'hinloopen', small stamp in black ink with only text number, recto bottom right, handwritten in brown ink: '3' number, verso, handwritten in brown ink: 'no. 9'. Description: proserpina standing in a landscape, her hand extended to ascalaphus in the form of an owl. Ascalaphus discovered proserpina while she was secretly picking pomegranates, whereupon she turned him into an owl as punishment. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: enea vico (possibly), after a design by: parmigianino (possibly), grantor of privilege: republic of venice (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: printmaker: italy, designed by: italy, grantor of privilege: venice. Date: 1548. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 390 mm (cut off within the panel edge) × w 268 mm (cut off within the panel edge). Subject: what: ascalaphus changed into a screech-owl: as punishment for discovering she had eaten some pomegranates, proserpina sprinkles water from the phlegethon on ascalaphus' head, thus changing him into a screech-owl (ovid, metamorphoses v 543). Credit line: loan from the rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Acquisition: loan 1979. Date: 1548.
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