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Woodcut of a figure on rocks above water with a nymph and a serpent, framed by ornamental scrolls, with Latin text above and captions below.

Eperie Loved by Aesacus, Ovid's Metamorphoses Book XI

A woodcut framed by ornate scrollwork and cherubs, with Latin verse above and German and Dutch captions below. Within the central panel, a muscular figure leans over a rocky outcrop while a sea nymph and a snake-like creature are shown in a watery landscape with distant hills.

Artist
Virgilius Solis
Date
1569
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2608 × 2086 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1569.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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