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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 46.6 x 65.4 cm

A harpy as a blond woman with wings made of syringes, representing prostitution and drugs as causes of death through AIDS. Colour lithograph after O. Dulatova, 1990.

Cupids flying carrying a tree trunk towards a harpy. Etching by G. Audran, ca. 1675, after Raphael.

<p>The open gates of the temple of Janus indicate a state of war, the closed gates indicate a state of peace. Here two goddesses or priestesses try to close the gates, but the harpies try to keep them open. One of the two women holds the caduceus. Above the door to the temple is the two-faced bust of Janus</p>

1 print : mezzotint, painted in colours and mounted on glass ; glass 35.5 x 28.5 cm

Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.

<p>The open gates of the temple of Janus indicate a state of war, the closed gates indicate a state of peace. Here two goddesses or priestesses try to close the gates, but harpies try to keep them open. One of the two women holds the caduceus. Above the door to the temple is the two-faced bust of Janus</p>

1 print : mezzotint ; platemark 36.5 x 27.5 cm

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A harpy as a blond woman with wings made of syringes, representing prostitution and drugs as causes of death through AIDS. Colour lithograph after O. Dulatova, 1990.

Cupids flying carrying a tree trunk towards a harpy. Etching by G. Audran, ca. 1675, after Raphael.

Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.

Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. Lairesse.

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A harpy as a blond woman with wings made of syringes, representing prostitution and drugs as causes of death through AIDS. Colour lithograph after O. Dulatova, 1990.

Cupids flying carrying a tree trunk towards a harpy. Etching by G. Audran, ca. 1675, after Raphael.

Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.

Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. Lairesse.

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