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Arcas Aims his Arrow at Callisto, after Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1590

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 164 x 248 mm
  • Inv. 2014-MK-3

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Arcas, the son of Jupiter and Callisto, aims his arrow at a bear, not knowing that it is his mother. She was turned into a bear by Juno 15 years earlier out of envy. In the background right, Jupiter places mother and son in the sky as constellations.