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Latona changing the Lycian peasants into frogs

Maker

(engraver)
1596 or 1600-1638 (Life dates)

Attributed to
(artist)
1586-1642

After

1578-1610

Title

Latona changing the Lycian peasants into frogs

Date of Production

1623

Dimensions

Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 26.1 cm

Accession Number

G.2009.XX.7

Mode of Acquisition

Christopher Mendez, purchase, December 2009

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







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Latona Changing the Lycian Peasants into Frogs

Label Text

Ovid’s Metamorphoses recounts how the goddess Latona, mother of Apollo and Diana, turned the peasants of Lycia into frogs as revenge for being prevented from drinking from a local lake. Magdalena de Passe, daughter and pupil of Dutch engraver Crispin de Passe, was one of the few female printmakers of her time. This example of her work was acquired for its connections with the painting below, which was already in the Gallery collection. Its size and detail suggest that the engraving is a direct reproduction, in reverse, of the painting, which is an early copy on copper of a work by Adam Elsheimer. Elsheimer’s works were highly valued and his name appears on the print.

Provenance

previous owner : Mendez, Christophert

Exhibition History

The Courtauld Collects - 20 Years of Acquisitions, Somerset House & London & England, 17/06/2010-19/09/2010

Inscriptions

Inscription: recto, lower left : AElsheimer / Inventor //

Inscription: recto, lower right : Magdalena / Paß fecit //

Inscription: recto, below image : Flumine cum peteret potum LATONA Gemellis / Sumere gens puras praua vetabat aquas / Indignata igitur Numen mox Diua poposeit / Limosas habitet semper ut illa lares //

Inscription: recto, lower margin : NOBILIS AMPLIS V.D.NIC A BOUCKHORST DNO IN HOENINGEN HANC IMAGINEM DE IPSIUS TABULA A SE EXPRESSAM. MAGD. PASSAEA. LMQDD //

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