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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 image, two sets of two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The series is divided into three numbered sets: two sets of 20 prints and one set of 12 prints. This print belongs to the third set.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSalmacis en Hermaphroditus. 1615. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
