Cygnus Transformed into a Swan - Ovid's *Metamorphoses*, Book II, Giuseppe Barberi

Cygnus, the son of sthenelus, is transformed into a swan in grief over the death of phatheon (ovid's metamorphoses, ii, 373). Lamenting women in front of a sarcophagus, a running person turns into a swan. The sarcophagus reads: "fetonte e qui che la non te / nne in frene / i cavalli febej, tenbollo almeno". Object Type: drawing. Dimensions: height: 328 mm (12.91 in); width: 458 mm (18.03 in). Medium: black chalk, brown wash, pen and brown ink. Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst. Giuseppe Barberi, Cygnus, Sthenelus' søn, forvandles til en svane af sorg over Phateons død Ovids Metamorfoser, II, 373 Klagende kvinder foran en sarkofag, en løbende person forvandles til en svane På sarkofagen står- Fetonte e...