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Battus Reveals Where Mercury Hid Apollo's Flock
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Battus lies half-upright on the ground and points with an outstretched arm. Behind him stands a herd of cattle. The disguised Mercury leans on a cow. Scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Met. II, 703).
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Credit lineBattus onthult waar Mercurius de kudde van Apollo verstopt. 1600 - 1647. Moyses van Wtenbrouck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
