Image

Claude Lorrain, designer

Mercury and Argus, 1662

Description

Maker

Claude Lorrain, 1600-1682, French, designer

Title

Mercury and Argus

Year

1662

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Medium weightcream laid paper

Dimensions

15.4 x 21.4 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LR, below image: "Claudio Gillee inven. in Roma 1662 co licenza de superiori"

Blindstamped with the collector's mark of Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy (Vienna, 1765-1833; Lugt 1966)

Type

Credit

Gift of Dr. Charles Bradley

Object Number

48.065

Exhibition History

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference

December 15, 1965 - January 9, 1966

Use

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