Thetis with Water Jug and Fish

Thetis as a nereid or sea nymph with a water jug, shell, and fish, possibly a dolphin. The inscription NEPEIS AEQVOREAS INTER CELEBEB[RI]MA MATEES praises her as one of the most famous of the so-called mothers of the sea. Copy after a print by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio. The text does not entirely correspond with the original because damaged letters were incorrectly corrected, as in the last word where MATRES (mothers) should actually stand.