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Mercury as the Personification of Virtue Redeems Souls at the Limbo and Daphne Turns into a Tree
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Mercury as the Personification of Virtue Redeems Souls at the Limbo and Daphne Turns into a Tree

1490 - 1499 · engraving; paper

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

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Mercury kneels at the door to the vestibule where souls are piled up. He offers a hand to a soul to save him. On the left stands Daphne transformed into a tree with a tablet VIRTVS DESERTA. On a block of stone is the text VIRTVTI S.A.I. This is the lower half of a representation with an allegory on virtues and vices.

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Credit lineMercurius als personificatie van Deugd redt zielen bij voorgeborchte en Daphne verandert in boom. 1490 - 1499. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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