Metamorphosis Collection

Cadmus and Hermione, metamorphosed into Serpents, 1776. Artist: W Walker
Cadmus and Hermione, metamorphosed into Serpents, 1776. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1776

Four Seasons, Summer: Diana surprised by Actaeon, 1856-1863. Creator: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863)
Four Seasons, Summer: Diana surprised by Actaeon, 1856-1863. Found in the Collection of the Museu de Arte de S£o Paulo.

Cadmus Sows the Dragon's Teeth Which Turn into Armed Men, published 1615. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Cadmus Sows the Dragon's Teeth Which Turn into Armed Men, published 1615. Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 3, plate 4

Battus Changed into a Stone, published 1590. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Battus Changed into a Stone, published 1590

Arcas Preparing to Kill his Mother, Changed into a Bear, published 1590. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Arcas Preparing to Kill his Mother, Changed into a Bear, published 1590. Plate: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 2, plate 9

Jupiter Assuming the Form of Diana in Order to Seduce Callisto, published 1590. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Jupiter Assuming the Form of Diana in Order to Seduce Callisto, published 1590. Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 2, plate 6

The Rape of Europa, published 1590. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
The Rape of Europa, published 1590. Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 2, plate 20

Daphne Changed into a Laurel Tree, published 1589. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Daphne Changed into a Laurel Tree, published 1589. Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 1, plate 14

Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth, after 1679. Creator: Workshop of Maria Sibylla Merian
Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth, after 1679. Branch with sweet cherry; metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a butterfly

The Wicked Thoughts of the Priest Raigo of Miidera Transform Him into a Rat, 1891. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Wicked Thoughts of the Priest Raigo of Miidera Transform Him into a Rat, 1891. From New Forms of the Thirty-six Ghosts

Metamorphosis of the Pierides, published 1606. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson
Metamorphosis of the Pierides, published 1606. From The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 45

Salmacis and Hermaphrodite Transformed into a Single Person, published 1615. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Salmacis and Hermaphrodite Transformed into a Single Person, published 1615. Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 4, plate 12

Figure Undergoing Transformation, 900-300 B.C.. Creator: Unknown
Figure Undergoing Transformation, 900-300 B.C

Insects, 1783. Creator: Jan Brandes
Insects, 1783. Batavian grasshopper or beetle, cricket Gryllus domesticus, caterpillar, pupae and cockroach Blatta americana

Danae and the Shower of Gold, c17th century. Creator: Unknown
Danae and the Shower of Gold, c17th century

Mercury and Io, 1632. Creator: Willem Ossenbeeck
Mercury and Io, 1632. Io, who was transformed into a cow by Juno, is returned to her father Inachus by Mercury

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass, 1809. Creator: Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius The Golden Ass, 1809

Battus Transformed into Stone. Creator: Herman van Swanevelt
Battus Transformed into Stone

Jove Turns Lycaon into a Wolf, 1665. Creator: Georg Andreas Wolfgang
Jove Turns Lycaon into a Wolf, 1665

Diana and Actaeon (the Metamorphosis of Acteon), 1544. Creator: Jean Mignon
Diana and Actaeon (the Metamorphosis of Acteon), 1544

Reproduction of print showing Nymphs before Jupiter, between 1915 and 1925. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Reproduction of print showing Nymphs before Jupiter, between 1915 and 1925. Photograph of a woodblock from Francesco Colonna, "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili", Venice, 1499

The International Exhibition: "Daphne", marble statue by Marshall Wood... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: "Daphne", marble statue by Marshall Wood - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius The Golden Ass, 1807-1808

Plate 1: Apuleius changed into a donkey, listening to the story told by the old woman, ... 1530-60
Plate 1: Apuleius changed into a donkey, listening to the story told by the old woman, from the Story of Cupid and Psyche as told by Apuleius, 1530-60

Title Plate from "The Introduction of the Silkworm"[Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595 Creator: Karel van Mallery
Title Plate from " The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595

The Metamorphosis of Acteon, 1535-55. Creator: Jean Mignon
The Metamorphosis of Acteon, 1535-55

Ignorance and Mercury (an allegory of Virtue and Vice), Mercury kneeling at right... ca
Ignorance and Mercury (an allegory of Virtue and Vice), Mercury kneeling at right holding a staff and taking the hand of a man who emerges from a pile of naked bodies

A Caterpillar and Two Moths on a Branch and Two Butterflies, early 18th-mid 18th century

Diana and Actaeon, ca. 1600. Creator: Liberi, Pietro (1605-1687)
Diana and Actaeon, ca. 1600. Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Diana and Actaeon, c. 1640. Creator: Albani, Francesco (1578-1660)
Diana and Actaeon, c. 1640. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Diana and Actaeon, c. 1617. Creator: Albani, Francesco (1578-1660)
Diana and Actaeon, c. 1617. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Diana and Actaeon, ca 1600-1603. Creator: Cesari, Giuseppe (1568-1640)
Diana and Actaeon, ca 1600-1603. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Damselflies, dragonflies and water snails, c1930s?, (1946). Creator: Vere Temple
Damselflies, dragonflies and water snails, c1930s?, (1946). Damsel Fly, Coenagrion puella, with larva and emerging from nymph-case; Large Dragon Fly, Aeschna cyanea with larvae; snails

Peacock, Smalll Tortoiseshell and Comma Butterflies... c1930s, (1945). Creator: Vere Temple
Peacock, Smalll Tortoiseshell and Comma Butterflies - Vanessa io, Vanessa urticae and Vannessa c-album, c1930s, (1945). Aglais io, Aglais urticae and Polygonia c-album - chrysalises

Dragonflies, c1930s, (1945). Creator: Vere Temple
Dragonflies, c1930s, (1945). Male and female of Agrion splendens, a type of damselfly; male Libellula fulva, the scarce chaser dragonfly; nymph case of Agrion splendens; Pimpla instigator

Magpie or Currant Moth: Phalaena grossulariata, 1813, (1945). Creator: Edward Donovan
Magpie or Currant Moth: Phalaena grossulariata, 1813, (1945). Illustration by Edward Donovan from his " Natural History of British Insects"

The other two look d on, exclaiming, Ah! How dost thou change, Agnello!, c1890
The other two look d on, exclaiming, " Ah! How dost thou change, Agnello!", c1890. The Florentine thief Agnello Brunelleschi and Cianfa Donati the serpent merging into a single body

Frogs, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Frogs, 19th century. Rana esculenta - Edible Frog; Tadpole of Rana esculenta; Ceratophrys cornutas - Horned Frog; Hyla vulgaris - Tree Frog; Tadpoles of Hyla vulgaris

Stages of Development of a Damselfly, from Brehms Tierleben, pub. 1860s (colour lithograph) 
Stages of Development of a Damselfly, from Brehms Tierleben, pub. 1860s (colour lithograph), 1860

Diana and Actaeon (Artemis surprise au bain par Acteon)
Diana and Actaeon (Arte mis surprise au bain par Acte on). Found in the Collection of Muse e de l Oise, Beauvais

Diana and Actaeon, ca 1580-1585. Found in the Collection of Museo Francesco Borgogna, Vercelli

Diana and Actaeon. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

Diana and Actaeon. Artist: Turchi, Alessandro (1578-1649)
Diana and Actaeon. Found in the collection of Musee d art classique, Mougins

Diana and Actaeon. Artist: Galloche, Louis (1670-1761)
Diana and Actaeon. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Shakespeares First Published Work - 1st Edition of Venus and Adonis, 1593, (1946). Venus and Adonis is a poem by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), written between 1592

The Cerastae changed into bulls, and the Propoetides into rocks. Artist: Martin Bouche
The Cerastae changed into bulls, and the Propoetides into rocks. A scene from Ovids Metamorphoses

The Kitchen Metamorphosed, 1762. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London)

The Buck Metamorphosed... 1754.Artist: G Smith
The Buck Metamorphosed or Mr Foote in the character of the Englishman return d from Paris, 1754. A comment on French fashions which were seen as foppish by the British

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