print; album

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Object Type: print; album
Museum number: 2AA+,a.31.27
Title: Series: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Description: Plate 26: Cadmus kills the dragon; Cadmus, the son of Agenor and sister of Europa, in a wooded landscape; Cadmus thrusts a spear into the mouth of the dragon; smoke emitted from the dragon's mouth, its tail wrapped around the trunk of a tall tree; to the left of Cadmus, a well, pots and bodies strewn on the ground. 1641 Etching
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Production date: 1641
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Dimensions: Height: 132 millimetres; Width: 206 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For comment on the series, see 2AA*,a.31.1.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (12.I); Bonnefoit 1997 / Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607-1642). Ein Wegbereiter der barocken Kunst in Deutschland (R.146)
Location: Not on display
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Associated names: Illustration to: Ovid; Representation of: Cadmus
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Acquisition date: 1753
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2AA+,a.31.27

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