Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

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 standing in the water, after which, according to the myth, they merge into a hermaphroditic being. Below the image, text from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 4, lines 385-386, in Latin. At the top, the sign of the Twins from the zodiac. The print is part of an album.