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Metamorphosis

Author: Ovid (43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.)
Author: Karel van Mander (Netherlandish, 1548–1606)
Illustrated by: Joachim von Sandrart (German, 1606–1688)
Engraver: Johan Jacob Sandrart (German, 1655–1698)
Printer: Christian Sigmund Froberger (German, active 1678–1723)
1679
Place of Publication: Nuremberg, Germany

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with five engravings
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 26.2 x 6.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 5/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR846.2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Nuremberg: Christian Sigmund Froberger, 1679

Catalogue Raisonné VD17 1:072040Q; Hollstein, German, XL, pp. 202-05, nos. 295-99
Description(Nuremberg: Christian Sigmund Froberger, 1679) Folio; 90 leaves; contemporary vellum, rust cloth box. BOUND with Sandrart, Iconologia, 1680 (KBR846.1).
ProvenanceInscription on p. 174 "Ortlieb 1810"; Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (first curator of prints, MFA, 1837-1900), by whom given to MFA, October 20, 1898.