Mars and Venus are in bed together. Apollo, appearing on a cloud at the foot of the bed, extends an accusing finger at them. The other gods stand behind him. Below the depiction two times two lines of Latin text. 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., Venus and Mars by Apollo surprised Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), print maker: Robert de Baudous, (workshop of

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