Mercury & Saturn

"At first, a youth was depicted who had wings on his heels and held a herald’s staff entwined with two snakes in his hand. He wore a kind of storm cap that covered his head, and judging by my simple understanding, this must have been the pagan god Mercury. Soon after, a large old man appeared, terribly grim and fearsome, either walking or rather flying with outstretched wings. On his head was a fixed hourglass, and he carried a scythe in his hand — like Death himself — with which, full of wrath and zeal, he seemed ready to cut off Mercury’s feet."