Public domain
Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The nymph Salmacis reaches for Hermaphroditus, who tries to ward her off before she would embrace him and, according to the myth, they would merge into a hermaphroditic being. Below the scene, two times two lines of Latin verse. The print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSalmacis en Hermaphroditus. 1615. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
