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Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide : en latin, traduites en françois, avec des remarques, et des explications historiques

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D, Banier, M. l'abbé (Antoine), 1673-1741, Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733, Gunst, Philipp van, active approximately 1685-approximately 1732, Folkema, Jacob, 1692-1767, Bouche, Peter Paul, approximately 1646-, Jongman, Wouter, active 1712-1744 · 1732 · A Amsterdam : Chez R. & J. Wetstein & G. Smith · 28 pictures

Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide is a 1732 Amsterdam edition of Ovid's Latin poem with a French translation and historical notes by the abbé Banier, illustrated with engravings by Bernard Picart and Philipp van Gunst for a learned French-reading audience. The plates show mythological scenes in outdoor landscapes and classical interiors, with figures in flowing drapery, dramatic cloud and light effects, and clear narrative groupings a designer could borrow for compositional staging.

Fables, Latin · Metamorphosis · Mythology, Classical

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