Birth of Adonis, Story of Adonis (series title), In a hilly landscape with a river, four water nymphs stand in the right foreground near Myrrha, which has almost completely turned into a myrrh tree. Diana takes Adonis out of the tree, while another, fifth water nymph behind the tree prepares a basket. At the bottom, the episode in the story is explained in a four-line French text., print, print maker: Herman van Swanevelt, (mentioned on object), publisher: Herman van Swanevelt, (mentioned on object), Lodewijk XIV (koning van Frankrijk), (mentioned on object), Paris, 1654, paper, etching, heigh

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