Plate 127: Anius's Daugthers Changing into Birds (Maeonides Pyrenei vim effugientes in aves), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' 1606

This etching by Italian artist Antonio Tempesta, created in 1606, depicts a scene from Ovid’s *Metamorphoses*. The print portrays the moment when Anius’s daughters transform into birds. One of the daughters clutches a wing, the other sprawls on the ground with feathered wings, while a third daughter is transformed into a bird, flying away. Tempesta’s mastery of detail and the dramatic action of the transformation create a vivid portrayal of the myth. The print is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York.