Apollo killing Python (Ovid, Metamorphoses, I, 438ff.)
1625
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From the collection of National Museum in Warsaw
1625
unspecified
From the collection of National Museum in Warsaw
This painting shows a young man in a red cape and blue tunic, holding a bow and arrow. He is standing on a dirt path, facing a large snake with wings. The snake is pink and has sharp teeth. The young man is wearing brown boots and has a quiver of arrows on his back. The background of the painting is a landscape with trees and hills. The sky is cloudy and gray.