3614115 Mercury and Battus (oil on canvas) by Millet, Jean Francois I (1642-79); 119.4x177.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: In Ovid\'s Metamorphoses the old shepherd Battus, having witnessed Mercury\'s theft of a herd of cattle, promised not to disclose the secret. When tested by the god, shown disguised as a young shepherd, he pointed to the foot of the mountain where the cattle were hidden. Mercury then turned him into a stone. ); French, out of copyright.