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Mercury gives a lyre to Apollo / Juno points out to Diana Callisto transformed into a bear / Hercules frees Prometheus / Arion brought to safety by a dolphin
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with four images. Top left: Mercury gives a lyre to Apollo in a landscape. Top right: Juno points out to Diana the nymph Callisto changed into a bear. Bottom left: Hercules frees Prometheus who is chained to a rock. In the foreground lies the dead vulture that kept eating at Prometheus' liver. Bottom right: Arion is brought to safety at sea by a dolphin.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMercurius geeft een lier aan Apollo / Juno wijst Diana op de in een beer veranderde Callisto / Hercules bevrijdt Prometheus / Arion door een dolfijn in veiligheid gebracht. 1656. Carlo Cesio. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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