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Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
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Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

Moyses van Wtenbrouck · 1600 - 1647 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The nymph Salmacis reaches for Hermaphroditus, who tries to ward her off before she embraces him, after which, according to the myth, they would merge into a hermaphroditic being. They sit at the edge of a forest lake. Scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Met. II, 341-357).

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Credit lineSalmacis en Hermaphroditus. 1600 - 1647. Moyses van Wtenbrouck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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