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Mercury Punishes Battus
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Mercury Punishes Battus

Moyses van Wtenbrouck · 1600 - 1647 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Battus sits on his knees in a defensive posture before Mercury. Because he did not keep his promise, Mercury will turn him into a stone as punishment. Scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Met. II, 704-707).

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Credit lineMercurius bestraft Battus. 1600 - 1647. Moyses van Wtenbrouck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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