Mercury Bestreft Battus, Moses Van Wtenbrouck, 1645 - 1660 print Battus is on his knees in repellent position for Mercury. Because he has not kept his promise, Mercury will turn him into a stone as a punishment. Scene from Ovidius ’metamorphoses (with. II, 704-707). print maker: The Haguepublisher: Antwerp (possibly) paper etching / engraving Battus changed into a touchstone: for violating the promise to keep Mercury's theft of Apollo's cattle a secret, Mercury turns Battus, the shepherd, into a touchstone (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 705)

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