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'Scorpio' Original Drawing
400,00 €
'Scorpio' - To the ancient Greeks, the constellation Scorpius was the image of a scorpion. The constellation was related to the death of the hunter Orion. There are several different stories about Orion’s death. According to one story, Orion wanted to kill all the earth’s wild animals. However, the earth goddess Gaia was not pleased with Orion’s intention. So, she sent a giant scorpion to attack Orion. No matter how hard he tried, Orion could not defeat the scorpion. When he tried to escape, the scorpion stung him to death with its poisonous tail. As a reward for its service, Gaia placed the scorpion’s image in the nighttime sky.
The original is drawn on 29.7 x 42.0 cm size paper. Drawn with ink pens and waterbased brush pens.