Lykische Bauern, von Zeus auf Bitte der Leto in Frösche verwandelt, 1597

Title

Lykische Bauern, von Zeus auf Bitte der Leto in Frösche verwandelt

Draughtsman

• Bartholomäus Spranger

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance
• Northern European Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Flemish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• composition study?

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Zeus
• Leto

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Ovid

Illustrated Passage

• Ovid: Metamorphosen, 6, 317-381

Primary

• 97E4 Lycian farmers changed into frogs: Latona changes Lycian farmers into frogs, because while they were weeding a marsh, they prevented her and her children from quenching their thirst (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 369)
• 31AA14(+53) human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude - AA - female human figure (+ sitting)