Prometheus Making Man, from Ovid's Metamorphoses by Goltzius
An engraving shows two standing figures in a wooded landscape: a bearded man draped in a flowing cloak beside a nude male figure, with a lion, dogs, and a seated figure at lower left. Above, a figure in billowing clouds and a small group of gods appear in a circular opening in the sky.
- Artist
- Hendrick Goltzius
- Date
- 1589
- Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1265 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1589).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds
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