Hermaphroditus and the Nymph Salmacis

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Title

Hermaphroditus and the Nymph Salmacis

Subject

Gender

Description

The myth of Ovid's encounter with Salmacis. Salmacis enchanted the water to turn who ever stpped foot into it would come out of the water half-man half-woman. This is an old Greek myth that was painted by spranger who depicted several mythological nude paintings in his carrer.

Creator

Bartholomeus Spranger (1546-1611)

Date

1580-82

Relation

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria

Format

Oil on Canvas

Type

Image

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