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Brosseau Center for Learning: Mythology and Metamorphoses

Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Selections of art from and related to Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Works of art

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 11: Daphne in laurem (Daphne into a Laurel) — Plate 11: Daphne in laurem (Daphne into a Laurel)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Triumph of Bacchus plaquette — Triumph of Bacchus plaquette

late 1600s

Perseus and Andromeda — Perseus and Andromeda

circa 1775

Orazio Fontana (circa 1510–1571), pilgrim bottle — pilgrim bottle

Orazio Fontana

mid 1500s

Giulio Bonasone (circa 1510–after 1576); Perino del Vaga (1501–1547), Triumph of Bacchus — Triumph of Bacchus

Giulio Bonasone, Perino del Vaga

mid 1500s

Giulio Bonasone (circa 1510–after 1576), Calypso Trying to Detain Ulysses — Calypso Trying to Detain Ulysses

Giulio Bonasone

mid 1500s

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia (circa 1460–circa 1520); Andrea Mantegna (circa 1431–1506), Hercules and Antaeus — Hercules and Antaeus

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, Andrea Mantegna

circa 1490–1500

Giorgio Ghisi (1520–1582); Giovanni Battista Bertani (1516–1576), Hercules Victorious Over the Hydra — Hercules Victorious Over the Hydra

Giorgio Ghisi, Giovanni Battista Bertani

1558 or before

Robert Garrard I (1758–1818), tankard with ivory sleeve — tankard with ivory sleeve

Robert Garrard I

1812

Hendrik Goudt (1583–1648); Adam Elsheimer, Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis — Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Philemon and Baucis

Hendrik Goudt, Adam Elsheimer

1612

Johann Jakob Frey I (1681–1752); Guido Reni (1575–1642), Aurora — Aurora

Johann Jakob Frey I, Guido Reni

1722

John Flaxman (1755–1826), Thetis Bringing the Armour to Achilles — Thetis Bringing the Armour to Achilles

John Flaxman

circa 1792

Etienne Delaune (circa 1519–1583); Niccolò dell'Abbate (circa 1509–1571), Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus — Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Etienne Delaune, Niccolò dell'Abbate

1569

Epifanio de Alfiano (active 1591–1607), Intermedio II: Stage Setting Representing Apollo and the Muses on Mt. Parnassus — Intermedio II: Stage Setting Representing Apollo and the Muses on Mt. Parnassus

Epifanio de Alfiano

1592

René Boyvin (circa 1525–circa 1625); Leonard Thiry, Plate 18. Medea Summons her Dragon Chariot — Plate 18. Medea Summons her Dragon Chariot

René Boyvin, Leonard Thiry

1563

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 12: Iupiter et Io (Jove and Io) — Plate 12: Iupiter et Io (Jove and Io)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 16: Casus Phaethontis (Phaethon's Fall) — Plate 16: Casus Phaethontis (Phaethon's Fall)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 36: Pyramus et Thysbe (Pyramus and Thisbe) — Plate 36: Pyramus et Thysbe (Pyramus and Thisbe)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 34: Pentheus a Bacchis discerpitur (Pentheus Is Torn Apart by Bacchantes) — Plate 34: Pentheus a Bacchis discerpitur (Pentheus Is Torn Apart by Bacchantes)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 30: Actaeon a propriis canibus discerpitur (Acteon Is Torn Apart by His Own Hounds) — Plate 30: Actaeon a propriis canibus discerpitur (Acteon Is Torn Apart by His Own Hounds)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 31: Semele in concubitu Iovis occiditur (Semele is Killed in Jupiter's Embrace) — Plate 31: Semele in concubitu Iovis occiditur (Semele is Killed in Jupiter's Embrace)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 32: Narcissus in florem (Narcissus into a Flower) — Plate 32: Narcissus in florem (Narcissus into a Flower)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 29: Actaeon in ceruum (Acteon into a Stag) — Plate 29: Actaeon in ceruum (Acteon into a Stag)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 26: Iupiter in taurum (Jupiter into a Bull) — Plate 26: Iupiter in taurum (Jupiter into a Bull)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 55: Arachnes a Pallade in araneam muatio (The Transformation of Arachne into a Spider) — Plate 55: Arachnes a Pallade in araneam muatio (The Transformation of Arachne into a Spider)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 50: Pluto rapit Proserpinam (Pluto's Rape of Proserpina) — Plate 50: Pluto rapit Proserpinam (Pluto's Rape of Proserpina)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 51: Ceres quaerit silian (Ceres Seeks Her Daughter) — Plate 51: Ceres quaerit silian (Ceres Seeks Her Daughter)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 40: Salmacis et Hermaphroditus in unum corpus (Salmacis and Hermaphroditus Become One) — Plate 40: Salmacis et Hermaphroditus in unum corpus (Salmacis and Hermaphroditus Become One)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 92: Orpheus cythara ludens (Orpheus Playing the Lyre) — Plate 92: Orpheus cythara ludens (Orpheus Playing the Lyre)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 91: Orpheus ad inferos descendit (Orpheus Descends to the Underworld) — Plate 91: Orpheus ad inferos descendit (Orpheus Descends to the Underworld)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 85: Apotheosis Hercules (Apotheosis of Hercules) — Plate 85: Apotheosis Hercules (Apotheosis of Hercules)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 75: Daedalus et Icarus (Daedalus and Icarus) — Plate 75: Daedalus et Icarus (Daedalus and Icarus)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 60: Procne trucidata sobolem suam (Procne Kills Her Own Offspring) — Plate 60: Procne trucidata sobolem suam (Procne Kills Her Own Offspring)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 56: Niobe cum filiis interimitur (Niobe Is Slain with Her Children) — Plate 56: Niobe cum filiis interimitur (Niobe Is Slain with Her Children)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 96: Effigies eburnea in hominen (Ivory Statue into a Person) — Plate 96: Effigies eburnea in hominen (Ivory Statue into a Person)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 116: Inter Lapithas et Centauros pugna (The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs) — Plate 116: Inter Lapithas et Centauros pugna (The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1642), Plate 114: Cygnus ab Achille suffocatus (Cygnus Smothered by Achilles) — Plate 114: Cygnus ab Achille suffocatus (Cygnus Smothered by Achilles)

Johann Wilhelm Baur

1639–1641

Franz Xaver Pawlik (1865–1906), Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Orpheus in the Underworld) — Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Orpheus in the Underworld)

Franz Xaver Pawlik

1880–1890

Jan Both (circa 1618–1652), Mercury and Argus — Mercury and Argus

Jan Both

date unknown

Jacques Callot (1592–1635), Le Char de Thètis (The Chariot of Thetis) — Le Char de Thètis (The Chariot of Thetis)

Jacques Callot

1616

Gabriel Salmon (active 1504–1542), Hercules and the Nemean Lion — Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Gabriel Salmon

circa 1528