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Engraving of nude figures on rocky ground under radiant light, with a bearded man holding a cloth by a tree and Latin inscription below.

Metamorphoses of Ovid: Deucalion and Pyrrha

An engraving of nude figures on a rocky shore beneath a burst of radiant light. A bearded man on the left holds a cloth aloft beside a tree, while a woman in the center and a reclining nude figure in the foreground gesture among scattered stones; Latin verses run along the lower edge.

Artist
Crispijn van de Passe (I)
Date
1602-1607
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2541 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1607.
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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