Minerva stands by the cave where Envy resides and asks her to make Aglauros jealous of her sister Herse. This is because the goddess is still angry with Aglauros: she took the initiative at the time to open the basket containing Erichthonius, which Minerva had entrusted to the daughters of Cecrops on the condition that they leave it closed. Beneath the depiction two times two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series., Minerva asks Envy to Ignite Jealousy in Aglauros Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1590, paper, engraving, h 179 mm × w 255 mm