Figures & data
Figure 1. Bartholomäus Spranger, Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, c. 1580/1582, oil on canvas, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/1812/–©KHMMuseumsverband.
A painting of two people in a forest. In the foreground, a woman is undressing and secretly peeping at a nude man, who is bathing in a pond in the background.
Figure 2. Die Tiefe Kümmernis during a guided tour in April 2019. Photo by Christoph Leithe-Jasper.
A drag queen, wearing an extravagant outfit and makeup, is speaking in a museum. Behind her is a classical painting, depicting a man from the sixteenth century.
