Apollo order Slaying the Dragon - Hand colored engraving by Jean Matheus (1590-1672) from the 1619 publication of Ovid's View larger
  • Apollo order Slaying the Dragon - Hand colored engraving by Jean Matheus (1590-1672) from the 1619 publication of Ovid's
  • Apollo order Slaying the Dragon - Hand colored engraving by Jean Matheus (1590-1672) from the 1619 publication of Ovid's
  • Apollo order Slaying the Dragon - Hand colored engraving by Jean Matheus (1590-1672) from the 1619 publication of Ovid's
  • Apollo order Slaying the Dragon - Hand colored engraving by Jean Matheus (1590-1672) from the 1619 publication of Ovid's
  • Apollo order Slaying the Dragon - Hand colored engraving by Jean Matheus (1590-1672) from the 1619 publication of Ovid's

Apollo order Slaying the Dragon - Hand colored engraving by Jean Matheus (1590-1672) from the 1619 publication of Ovid's "Metamorphoses"

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Apollo order Slaying the Dragon - Hand colored engraving by Jean Matheus (1590-1672) from the 1619 publication of Ovid's "Metamorphoses"

Apollo order Slaying the Dragon - Hand colored engraving by Jean Matheus (1590-1672) from the 1619 publication of Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Wonderful 17th century hand-tinted copper engraving depicting Apollo slaying the dragon in a scene from Ovid's "Metamorphoses" The.

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Product Name: Apollo order Slaying the Dragon - Hand colored engraving by Jean Matheus (1590-1672) from the 1619 publication of Ovid's "Metamorphoses"

Wonderful 17th century hand-tinted copper engraving depicting Apollo slaying the dragon in a scene from Ovid's "Metamorphoses."

The full sheet measures approximately 15 inches x 9.25 inches. The front of the sheet contains the order colored engraving (which measures 3.75 inches x 5 inches) with text underneath. The back of the sheet (shown) has text only.

I've posted images of the untinted engraving as well as the frontispiece as a reference.

Jean Matheus was a 17th-century French engraver, best known for his work in Nicholas Renouard's edition of Ovid's "Metamorphoses" published in Paris in 1619 and engraved portraits of saints.

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Apollo order Slaying the Dragon - Hand colored engraving by Jean Matheus (1590-1672) from the 1619 publication of Ovid's "Metamorphoses"