Rhea Silvia

Heinrich Aldegrever

National Gallery of Art

This print shows a nude woman standing next to a tree on the right. Her body faces us, and her head is turned, with her gaze directed to the right. The woman has long, cascading wavy hair that flows down her back and shoulders, and she has a long nose, thin eyebrows, large eyes, and small lips. Next to the woman, on the left, a nude man carries two children in his arms. The man appears to be walking, with one leg in front of the other. His wavy hair extends behind his head. Surrounding them is a natural setting, featuring a thick, textured tree trunk on the right and a landscape in the distance with faint outlines of hills and a building structure with pointed towers. On the far left, a distant person can be seen, also holding a child. There is an inscription above the scene in the top left corner of the print.