# Circe Punishes Glaucus by Turning Scylla into a Monster

- By: Eglon van der Neer (Amsterdam, 1634–1703)
- Date: 1695
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 3.8 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds, the Rijksmuseum-Stichting, the G.H. Sant Bequest and the ministerie van WVC
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4874--a5bb2505baa7c4dbdcd0e65c824113b5)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/3695bb37a563ceb352e44a2ab60383b1.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The unsightly, but good-natured sea god Glaucus was in love with Scylla, but this was unrequited. To win her over, he sought the help of the sorceress Circe. This was a mistake, for Circe was herself in love with him. In a fit of rage, she changed poor Scylla into a monster. Van der Neer set the story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses in sinister surroundings. Gesturing theatrically, the sorceress performs her vengeful deed.