Passion, desire, lust, jealousy, cunning and deceit. The Rijksmuseum takes you on a journey into one of the greatest and most important sources of inspiration for artists: The Metamorphoses by the poet Ovid.

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Sleeping Hermaphroditus

Louvre Masterpiece in the Rijksmuseum

10 things about Ovid's Metamorphoses

Everything changes, nothing is lost