The standing female nude in a Mannerist pose recalls a simple pencil drawing, an almost shy portrayal. The etching was printed in 1987 with the symbolic title of 'Hoffnung' (Hope). The lines are soft and cool as in all of these prints. One can almost feel the unobstructed strokes of the etching burin. Where the varnish on the plate was softly scraped away, the acid later bit in, and so the furrows were created on copper that were to become lines transposed onto paper through the ink of the printing process.

Concealed in the figure of a male nude throwing himself against a sword lies Ajax the Great, the Telamon, son of the king of Salamis. In Sophocles' drama Ajax, his heroic deeds and his fall into madness are described. Ajax the Great was considered the greatest hero after Achilles. He saved the bodies of Patroclus and Achilles from the hands of the enemy. When Odysseus was nonetheless awarded the armor of Achilles, he realized in a fit of madness that he had killed the enemy hordes in vain, instead of the Achaean. His offence and shame were so great that Ajax committed suicide. The motif was printed in 1988 in red and sienna.

A scene out of the story of Amor und Psyche (Amor and Psyche) is portrayed here in soft colors with elegant strokes. The tale was included in the Metamorphoses by Apuleius (born ca. 125 AD). Breker's etching shows a female and two male nudes. One of these is Amor, the god of love with heavy wings, another is Psyche in a dance-like pose. The figures recall Neoclassical sculptures. The prints are available in various colors: sienna, red, azure-blue and lilac.