Mercury falls in love with Herse, Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), Mercury spies on the daughters of Cecrops as they return from the festival of Minerva, and falls in love with the most beautiful of them, Herse. Two lines of Latin text underneath the scene. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that depict stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series., print, print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), after design by: Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1

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Size: 5706px × 4009px
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Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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