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.
Arcas Aims his Arrow at Callisto, after Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1590
- burin engraving, paper
- 164 x 248 mm
- Inv. 2014-MK-3
Hendrick Goltzius
Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617
workshop / studio
workshop / studio
Hendrick Goltzius
Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617
after
after
Willem Hessels van Elst
Gorinchem 1542 - Douai 1613
author
author
Hendrick Goltzius
Brüggen 1558 - Haarlem 1617
publisher
publisher
Public Domain