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Title
Sacrilegae Medusae crines in angues versi, etc
Additional title: Dum sopor altus habet metuendum crine Medusam Utile Abantiades amputat ense caput
Additional title: Perseus Medüsen hat er legt die ihren Kopf vol Schlangenträgt
Names
Baur, Joh. Wilhelm (Johann Wilhelm), 1600-1642 (Artist)
Collection

Wonders: Images of the Ancient World

Mythology -- Perseus

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1700 (Approximate)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC WON MYT-Per
Topics
Perseus (Greek mythology)
Caves
Medusa (Greek mythology)
Decapitations
Gorgons (Greek mythology)
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses
Genres
Illustrations
Notes
Content: Written on border: "Perseus slays Medusa. 'Metamorphoses' by Ovid (Book 4.) Engr. after J. W. Baur, 17th cen."
Source identifier: 11556 (Hades Legacy Identifier / Struc ID)
Physical Description
Etchings
Extent: Plate mark 15 x 21.5 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 217738f0-c5bf-012f-8c5e-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1600: Creator Born
  • 1642: Creator Died
  • 1700: Issued
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Sacrilegae Medusae crines in angues versi, etc" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1700. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-0f40-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Sacrilegae Medusae crines in angues versi, etc" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-0f40-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1700). Sacrilegae Medusae crines in angues versi, etc Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-0f40-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Sacrilegae Medusae crines in angues versi, etc