King Lyncus Turned Into a Lynx by Ceres; Print made by Jacob Gole; 1660-1737; Dutch; after Gerard de Lairesse; 1640-1711; Flemish; Published by Nicolaes Visscher; 1649-1702; Netherlandish; between 1675 and 1700; Mezzotint on moderately thick; moderately textured; beige laid paper; Sheet: 13 7/8 x 17 7/16 inches (35.2 x 44.3 cm) and Image: 13 3/8 x 17 5/16 inches (33.9 x 44 cm); battle; bed; crown; fighting; flying; goddess; Greek mythology; king (person); Lyncus changed into a lynx: Ceres changes Lyncus into a lynx when he is on the point of murdering the sleeping Triptolemus (Ovid; Metamorphoses V 657); lynx; men; murder; pillow; religious and mythological subject; sleeping; sword; woman