Salmacis en Hermaphroditus, Bernard Picart (workshop of), 1733 print Landscape with Salmacis and Hermaphroditus in the lake in which Salmacis lived. Salmacis, one of Diana's nymphs, fell in love with Hermaphroditus. She reaches to him while trying to ward off her before she hugs him and, according to the myth, they would merge into a two -legged creature. Amor watches from the bank. In the margin the title in French, English, German and Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds th
Salmacis en Hermaphroditus, Bernard Picart (workshop of), 1733 print Landscape with Salmacis and Hermaphroditus in the lake in which Salmacis lived. Salmacis, one of Diana's nymphs, fell in love with Hermaphroditus. She reaches to him while trying to ward off her before she hugs him and, according to the myth, they would merge into a two -legged creature. Amor watches from the bank. In the margin the title in French, English, German and Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing Hermaphroditus closely embraced, their bodies fuse (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 373). story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis
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