Image of a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, the theme of which is the discovery of baby Erichthonius by the three daughters of Cecrops, king of Attica. These sisters are portrayed nude except for some drapery, and are arranged in dramatic poses around the infant who is the central focus of the painting. He is shown lying in a basket, which one of the sisters has opened to find him inside. A snake, who was in the basket with the baby, is uncurling itself to escape. The sisters are showing their alarm at the discovery. One of them, on the left of the painting, is being supported by an old woman, possibly her nurse; meanwhile, a nude small boy gestures from her to the baby. On the right of the painting is a statue of Diana of Ephesus, the many-breasted goddess of fertility.