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==In art== {{In popular culture|date=September 2019}} [[File:Antonio Maria Zanetti - Study of a relief decorated with a Hermaphrodite; in the Palazzo Colonna.jpg|thumb|upright|Drawing of a relief depicting Hermaphroditus and Eros crowning a herm by [[Antonio Maria Zanetti]] (circa 1721)]] [[File:Hermaphroditus Louvre face.jpg|thumb|right|[[Borghese Hermaphroditus]], Roman copy of the 2nd century AD ([[Louvre]])]] ===Paintings and engravings=== *In Greek vase painting Hermaphroditus was depicted as a winged youth ([[Erotes (Mythology)|erotes]]) with male and female attributes.<ref>Cicero, ''[[De Natura Deorum]]'' 3. 21–23 (trans. Rackham): "Engendered from the sea-foam, we are told she [Aphrodite] became the mother by Mercurius [Hermes] of the second Cupidus [literally Eros, but Cicero is probably referring to Hermaphroditos]"</ref> *Roman [[frescos]] found at [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]] show Hermaphroditus in various styles, alone and interacting with [[satyrs]], [[Pan (god)|Pan]] and [[Silenus]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bwNdgd8cQcgC&pg=PA49&dq=Embodying_Male%20_and_Female_Sexuality Greek and Hellenistic Lovemaking, Embodying Male and Female Sexuality: Hermaphroditus p. 54]</ref> *''The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Francois-Joseph Navez]], [[Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent]] *''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Bartholomeus Spranger]], [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]], Wien *''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Scarsellino]], [[Galleria Borghese]], Rome *''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Jean François de Troy]] *''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Ludovico Carracci]] *''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Francesco Albani]] *''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini]] *''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres]] *''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Bernard Picart]] *''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Johann Wilhelm Baur]] *''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Virgil Solis]] *''Hermaphroditus and Salmacis'' by [[Louis Finson]] *''The Nymph of Salmacis'' by [[Rupert Bunny]] *''Hermaphrodite Among Roses'' by [[Aubrey Beardsley]] *''Hermaphrodite Figure'' by [[Jacopo Pontormo]] *''The metamorphosis of Hermaphrodite and Salmacis'' by [[Jan Gossaert|Jan Gossaert (Jan Mabuse)]] *''Salmacis et Hermaphrodite'' by [[Jean Daullé]] ===Sculpture=== *The most famous sculpture of this figure is the ''[[Sleeping Hermaphroditus]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDermon |first=Daniel |date=2016-06-24 |title=What the Sleeping Hermaphrodite Tells Us About Art, Sex and Good Taste |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/27/arts/design/statue-hermaphrodite.html#:~:text=The%20best-known%20sleeping%20hermaphrodite,then%20owner,%20Cardinal%20Scipione%20Borghese. |access-date=2025-03-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *''Hermaphroditus'', [[Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille]] *A life-size sculpture of Hermaphroditus from [[Pergamon]] is one of the largest found, standing {{convert|186.5|cm}} tall at the [[İstanbul Archaeology Museums]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Alpay |last=Pasinli |date=1989 |title=Istanbul Archaeological Museums |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ex8WAQAAMAAJ |publisher=A Turizm Yayinlari |page=66 |isbn=9789757528142 |via=Google Books}}</ref> *A statue by [[John Henry Foley]] was shown at the 1851 [[Great Exhibition]] and later donated to the Bancroft Gardens, [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], where it now stands.<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/default.aspx?f=1&guid=8e455542-f200-4550-8c5f-2fccb193a38c&gid=2 At Waymark UK Image Gallery] An explanatory plaque is also accessible here.</ref> *A marble statue of Hermaphroditus was found near the south end of the Garden. II.2.2. Room 13, [[House of Loreius Tiburtinus]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=DeMone |first1=Brittany |last2=Hughes |first2=Lisa A. |date=Summer 2021 |title=Sensing Hermaphroditus in the Dionysian Theatre Garden |url=https://openartsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/oaj_issue_10_4_brittany-demone-and-lisa-a.-hughes_final.pdf |journal=Open Arts Journal |issue=10 |pages=71 |doi=10.5456/issn.2050-3679/2021s04 |issn=2050-3679 |via=Google Scholar}}</ref>
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