Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Engraving by M. Faulte, 1619.

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Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Engraving by M. Faulte, 1619. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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After an incestuous relationship with her father Cinyras, Myrrha gave birth to Adonis and was transformed into the myrrh tree (Ovid, Metamorphoses X, 298-502)

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1619

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1 print : line engraving with etching

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Myrrhe en arbre. Mich Faulte fe.

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Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Cabinet des estampes, tome IV, Paris 1961, p. 157 no. 27 ("21-31. Fig. pour : Renouard (N.) trad. Les métamorphoses d'Ovide. Paris, chez la veuve Langelier, 1619. In-4o … Pièces signées au bas : "M. faulte fe" "M. faulte fecit" ; "Micael Faulte", "Mich. faulte fe" ou "M f".. … P. 286. "Myrrhe en arbre …".")

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