English Cadmus Sowing the Dragon's teeth, by Maxfield Parrish (1908). Illustration for A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published
English Cadmus Tilling the Field Where He Sawed the Dragon's Teeth, print, Antonio Fantuzzi, after Francesco Primaticcio (MET, 59.596.17) determination
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