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Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
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Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

Antonio Tempesta · 1606 · etching; paper

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

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Salmacis and Hermaphroditus embrace each other at the edge of a lake, after which, according to the myth, they would merge into a hermaphroditic being.

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Credit lineSalmacis en Hermaphroditus. 1606. Antonio Tempesta. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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