Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Hermaphroditus is in the pool of the spring-nymph Salmacis, who has asked the gods to join them together for all time; the gods acceded and they became one, male and female. Engraving by A. Romanet after Boul after Paolo de Matteis.
Hermaphroditus is in the pool of the spring-nymph Salmacis, who has asked the gods to join them together for all time; the gods acceded and they became one, male and female. Engraving by A. Romanet after Boul after Paolo de Matteis.
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Hermaphroditus is in the pool of the spring-nymph Salmacis, who has asked the gods to join them together for all time; the gods acceded and they became one, male and female. Engraving by A. Romanet after Boul after Paolo de Matteis.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Salmacis et Hemaphrodite. Peint par Paul Mattei. Dessiné Boul. Gravé A. Romanet.

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