Metamorphism Collection

Cadmus Sows the Dragon's Teeth Which Turn into Armed Men, published 1615. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Cadmus Sows the Dragon's Teeth Which Turn into Armed Men, published 1615. Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 3, plate 4

Battus Changed into a Stone, published 1590. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Battus Changed into a Stone, published 1590

Arcas Preparing to Kill his Mother, Changed into a Bear, published 1590. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Arcas Preparing to Kill his Mother, Changed into a Bear, published 1590. Plate: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 2, plate 9

Jupiter Assuming the Form of Diana in Order to Seduce Callisto, published 1590. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Jupiter Assuming the Form of Diana in Order to Seduce Callisto, published 1590. Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 2, plate 6

Daphne Changed into a Laurel Tree, published 1589. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Daphne Changed into a Laurel Tree, published 1589. Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 1, plate 14

The Wicked Thoughts of the Priest Raigo of Miidera Transform Him into a Rat, 1891. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Wicked Thoughts of the Priest Raigo of Miidera Transform Him into a Rat, 1891. From New Forms of the Thirty-six Ghosts

Metamorphosis of the Pierides, published 1606. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson
Metamorphosis of the Pierides, published 1606. From The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 45

Salmacis and Hermaphrodite Transformed into a Single Person, published 1615. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Salmacis and Hermaphrodite Transformed into a Single Person, published 1615. Book: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 4, plate 12

Figure Undergoing Transformation, 900-300 B.C.. Creator: Unknown
Figure Undergoing Transformation, 900-300 B.C

Danae and the Shower of Gold, c17th century. Creator: Unknown
Danae and the Shower of Gold, c17th century

Mercury and Io, 1632. Creator: Willem Ossenbeeck
Mercury and Io, 1632. Io, who was transformed into a cow by Juno, is returned to her father Inachus by Mercury

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass, 1809. Creator: Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius The Golden Ass, 1809

Battus Transformed into Stone. Creator: Herman van Swanevelt
Battus Transformed into Stone

Jove Turns Lycaon into a Wolf, 1665. Creator: Georg Andreas Wolfgang
Jove Turns Lycaon into a Wolf, 1665

Monarch (Danaus plexippus), butterfly emerging from chrysalis on Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) wings unfolding, series, Hill Country, Texas, USA

Fotis sees her Lover Lucius Transformed into an Ass. Motif from Apeleius The Golden Ass, 1807-1808

Shale, close up

Beardsley chondrite meteorite C016 / 5677
Beardsley chondrite meteorite. This is a type of stony meteorite that has not been altered by processes such as melting, and represents the original material that formed the asteroids

Heavily jointed gneiss outcrop. Gneiss is formed from other types of rock that are subjected to intense heat or pressure (metamorphism)

The Beardsley H5 ordinary chondrite
Beardsley fell in Kansas, U.S.A in 1929. Its fine-grained texture, with poor chondrule resolution indicate that it has experienced thermal metamorphism

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"Metamorphosis, a natural wonder that unfolds in various forms, from the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) emerging from its chrysalis on a tropical milkweed, to the transformation of common shale into dense, compacted rock under immense heat and pressure. This geological process is also seen in the Beardsley chondrite meteorite C016/5677, where minerals were recrystallized into new forms. Witness the intricate beauty in the heavily jointed gneiss outcrop, where once familiar minerals have been rearranged into complex patterns, much like the Monarch's metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly."