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The daughters of Cecrops open the basket with Erichthonius Metamorphoses of Ovid (series title), The three daughters of Cecrops, king of Athens, open the basket in which Erichthonius, who has a snake's tail, lies. There is a crow in the tree that witnessed the event. In the background on the left, Vulcanus is trying to rape Minerva. His seed then spilled to the ground and so Mother Earth gave birth to the child Erichthonius. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin, the daughters of Cecrops open the basket and discover the serpent-shaped child, possibly a crow (i.e. Coronis metamorphosed) looks on (variant), Vulcan attempts to violate Minerva, Gaea is accidentally fertilized, Crispijn van de Passe (I), Keulen, 1602 - 1607, paper, engraving, h 86 mm × w 130 mm.

The daughters of Cecrops open the basket with Erichthonius Metamorphoses of Ovid (series title), The three daughters of Cecrops, king of Athens, open the basket in which Erichthonius, who has a snake's tail, lies. There is a crow in the tree that witnessed the event. In the background on the left, Vulcanus is trying to rape Minerva. His seed then spilled to the ground and so Mother Earth gave birth to the child Erichthonius. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin, the daughters of Cecrops open the basket and discover the serpent-shaped child, possibly a crow (i.e. Coronis metamorphosed) looks on (variant), Vulcan attempts to violate Minerva, Gaea is accidentally fertilized, Crispijn van de Passe (I), Keulen, 1602 - 1607, paper, engraving, h 86 mm × w 130 mm.
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The daughters of Cecrops open the basket with Erichthonius Metamorphoses of Ovid (series title), The three daughters of Cecrops, king of Athens, open the basket in which Erichthonius, who has a snake's tail, lies. There is a crow in the tree that witnessed the event. In the background on the left, Vulcanus is trying to rape Minerva. His seed then spilled to the ground and so Mother Earth gave birth to the child Erichthonius. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin, the daughters of Cecrops open the basket and discover the serpent-shaped child, possibly a crow (i.e. Coronis metamorphosed) looks on (variant), Vulcan attempts to violate Minerva, Gaea is accidentally fertilized, Crispijn van de Passe (I), Keulen, 1602 - 1607, paper, engraving, h 86 mm × w 130 mm
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50.6 x 33.0 cm | 19.9 x 13.0 in (300 dpi)