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Aeolus calms the winds for Alcyone to brood on her nest in safety (Met. XI: 710-748)

Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert II (1603 – ca. 1684)
Title: Aeolus calms the winds for Alcyone to brood on her nest in safety (Met. XI: 710-748)
Date: 1655
Medium: Engraving. After Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596 - 1675). Plate 33 of Michel de Marolles (1600-1681) Tableaux du Temple des Muses. Published in Paris in 1655 chez Nicolas L'Anglois, ruë Sainct Iacques, aux Colomnes d'Hercule.
Photo Source: Getty Research Institute / Interet Archive
Item: 2628A