Prometheus Making Man and Animating Him with Fire from Heaven

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius

National Gallery of Art

This is a print of a landscape filled with various animals. Two men stand in the center. The man on the left has a beard and wears a draped robe. In one hand he holds a torch, and his other hand is on the shoulder of the man next to him. The man on the right has long, curled hair and is nude. His arms appear to hang by his side, and one of his legs is bent in front of the other. Behind them are rolling hills with low plants and distant trees. Animals such as sheep, lions, elephants, turtles, monkeys, cows, and deer occupy the landscape around them. Above them, large, rolling clouds fill the sky. At the top, a person sits in a horse-drawn chariot, surrounded by a circle of bright light. To the left, two more people stand on the clouds, one holding a shield and a spear and the other holding a long, indistinct object. Below the print are several lines of text.