La ninfa Salmacis abraza al joven Hermafrodito que estaba en el bano · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La ninfa Salmacis abraza al joven Hermafrodito que estaba en el bano
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Halicarnassus
Description: This image depicts the story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis. Salmacis is a water nymph that occupies a pool of fresh water and falls in love with Hermaphroditus when he finds her pool. Hermaphroditus is the son of Mercury and Venus, and the beauty of his appearance captivates the Naiad. She is overcome with passion and cannot restrain herself from pursuing Hermaphroditus, despite his rejections. Salmacis, with her arms thrown around Hermaphroditus, asks the gods to never be separated from him. The gods oblige, and merge their two bodies together, creating the first hermaphrodite.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24961
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1809)
Image: mta_24961_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Salmacis; Hermaphroditus; Nymphs; Transformation; Gods; Goddesses