Mercury visits Herse, Metamorphoses of Ovid (series title), Mercury enters the room of Herse, with whom he has fallen in love. In the background, Aglauros, Herse's jealous sister, tries to stop Mercury, after which he turns her into stone. In the lower margin a four-line commentary, in two columns, in Latin., print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), after design by: Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1590, paper, engraving, height 179 mm × width 256 mm


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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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