Ocyroé et Chiron, Sébastien Leclerc, 1676

Print in intaglio and etching made by the french engraver sébastien leclerc (1637-1714), illustrating an episode from ovid's metamorphoses: ocyroé, daughter of the centaur chiron and endowed with the gift of divination, lets slip the revelation of secret events linked to the future of asclepius and is therefore transformed into a mare as punishment. 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 - Ocyroé et Chiron