In a myth recounted in Ovids Metamorphoses, the giant Tityus was punished for attempting to rape Lato, mother of Apollo and Diana, by being chained to a rock in Hades. Every day a vulture would rip out his liver, the seat of lust; every night the liver would grow back, for the torment to be repeated the next day, for all eternity.
Tityus
Artwork details
- Artist
- Nicolas Beatrizet
- Title
- Tityus
- Description
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Bartsch 39, an early impression with the guidelines for the text in the lower margin and the vertical wiping marks distinct, as published by Salamanca. Circa 1540-1566.This engraving is based on Michelangelo’s drawing of the same subject in the Royal Collection, Windsor, UK.
- Date
- 1566
- Medium
- Engraving
- Edition
- *
- Signature
- Signed In Plate
- Sheet
- 28.6 x 37.1 cm
- Status
- Available
- Price
- Price on request