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Pasiphae and the Cretan Bull
Pigment and gold on parchment, 45.5 x 33 cm (book), possibly by the Master of Margaret of York, 1470–88
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

 

Under a divine curse, Queen Pasiphae falls in love with the Cretan Bull sent by Poseidon to her husband, Minos. Folio 102v from the manuscript Metamorphoses, by Ovid, Manuscript French 137.