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Salmacis and Hermaphrodite
Salmacis and Hermaphrodite
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Salmacis and Hermaphrodite

by Studio of Francesco Albani

Date: 17th Century

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Item details

  • Acquisition

    Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

  • Accession number

    DPG458

  • Artist

    Studio of Francesco Albani

  • Date

    17th Century

  • Dimensions

    60.6 x 74 cm

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

The story is from Ovid's Metamorphoses IV. Spying on Hermaphroditus as he bathes, the nymph Salmacis is consumed with passion; later she captures him in her embrace and their bodies become one - half-male, half-female. This is one of a number of studio variants based on an original by Albani in the Louvre and is especially close to an example in the Galleria Sabauda, Turin.

Salmacis and Hermaphrodite

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