Juno and Jupiter (on the left of the print) do not agree on the answer to the question of which of the sexes can experience the greatest pleasure in love. Therefore, they put the question to Tiresias (right in the print), who was once a woman for seven years, and thus can weigh both sides of the issue. Below the depiction two lines of Latin text twice. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting 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 third series., Juno and Jupiter consult

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