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Gole, Jacob, 1660–1737
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Lairesse, Gerard de, 1640–1711
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Visscher, Nicolaes II, 1649–1702
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1675
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Metamorphoses, Book V
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Opus Elegantissimum
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17th century
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laid paper
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mezzotint
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religious and mythological subject
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Greek mythology
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Lyncus changed into a lynx: Ceres changes Lyncus into a lynx when he is on the point of murdering the sleeping Triptolemus (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 657)
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battle
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Ceres, Roman deity
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Lyncus
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Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
King Lyncus Turned Into a Lynx by Ceres
between 1675 and 1700