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Mercury Accuses Battus
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Mercury Accuses 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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Mercury holds Battus's arm and raises his hand admonishingly. Battus recoils. In the background, the herd. Scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Met. II, 704-705).

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