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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 stands by a pillar in a landscape with a garden. She looks up at the clouds where Mercury, Venus and Amor appear. In the background Salmacis embraces Hermaphroditus while they are in the water, after which they would merge into a hermaphroditic being according to the myth. Under the depiction the text from the Metamorphoses of Ovidius, book 4, verses 385-386, in Latin. This print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSalmacis en Hermaphroditus. 1570 - 1574. Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
