Hermaphroditus and the Nymph Salmacis
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
Files
Citation
Bartholomeus Spranger (1546-1611), “Hermaphroditus and the Nymph Salmacis,” Art and Science in the Early Modern World, accessed November 20, 2024, http://artandscience.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/76.
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