The Triumph of Galatea

Hendrick Goltzius after Raphael

National Gallery of Art

This is a print of several people and creatures on the surface of the water. In the center of the print is a person partially draped in flowing cloth, their torso turned to the right and their head looking back to the left. They have long, flowing hair and their hands hold long reins attached to two large fish-like creatures that appear to pull a boat the person stands on. Around this person are several other people in the water, including a person on the far left who is riding a horse and blowing into a conch shell, a man with pointed ears and fin-like legs holding a woman by the waist, another man on the right blowing into what could be a trumpet, and a man with the front legs of a horse and a fish-like tail. In the bottom of the print, a cherub-like figure holds on to one of the fish pulling the central boat. More small, winged cherubs with bows and arrows fly above the scene, their arrows pointed at the central figure. The sky has a few small clouds blowing across it, and the water has small waves. At the bottom of the print are several lines of text.