# Latona and the Lycian Peasants

- By: Jan Brueghel (I) (Brussels, 1568–1625)
- Date: c. 1605
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 37 cm x width 56 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-70--8ffd881d66c8cbfbac4e31d80d195d43)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/MmRve/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

No one insults a goddess and remains unpunished. Tired and parched, Latona, the mother of Apollo and Diana, halts to quench her thirst at a pond. Some peasants working nearby, however, prevent her from doing so. Latona curses them by changing them into frogs and condemning them to spend eternity in the mire. Two peasants already have a frog’s head.