Mercury and Herse
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Mercury and Herse[1] by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio after Perino del Vaga.
According to Ovid, Hermes loved Herse but a jealous Aglaulus stood between them, barring Hermes' entry into the house, and refused to move. Hermes, outraged at her presumption, turned her to stone.
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