Latona Changing the Lycian Peasants into Frogs

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Maker

Attributed to

1586-1642

Title

Latona Changing the Lycian Peasants into Frogs

Date of Production

c. 1610-13

Medium

oil on copper

Dimensions

Height: 18.5 cm (copper)
Width: 25.4 cm (copper)

Object Number

P.1978.PG.206

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Label Text

In the Metamorphoses, the ancient Roman poet Ovid recounts a mythological episode set in Lycia, a region in Asia Minor (now Turkey) in which Latona, the mother of the gods Apollo and Diana, turned a group of peasants into frogs. They had angered her by stirring up the mud in a pond to prevent her from drinking.

Johann König was a German painter who spent several years in Italy, where this painting was made. It copies a composition by another German artist working in Rome, Adam Elsheimer.

Provenance

Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

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

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