Metamorphoseon (Metamorphoses)
Ovid
(43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.)
Hans Baldung (Grien)
(German, 1484 or 1485–1545)
Hans Wechtlin
(German, 1480 to 1485–after 1526)
Johann Schott
(German, 1477–1548)
1515
Place of PublicationStrassburg, Germany
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with one chiaroscuro woodcut
DimensionsOverall: 21.9 x 16.5 x 5.5 cm (8 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number64.374
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Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1515
ProvenanceContemporary ownership inscription (?) on title page; W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955), his bequest to MFA, April 8, 1964.
