Mercury turns Battus into a stone, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Mercury stole the herd of Apollo. Battus broke his promise to keep this secret on which Mercury the liar turned into a stone. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper 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) (+ variant)

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