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RISDM 85-195-6.tif
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Unknown Maker, Dutch

Mercury Killing Argus

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Dutch
After Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)

Culture

Dutch

Title

Mercury Killing Argus
from the series "Ovid's Metamorphoses"

Year

1590

Medium

  • Engraving on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Engraving on paper

Materials

engraving

Supports

  • Light weight laid paper mounted on medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 17.3 x 25.2 cm (6 13/16 x 9 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto:inscribed in pencil in UR of mount:N12 Verso:inscribed in pencil in LR: Mercury cutting off the head of Argoa, Io turned into a cow; in LR corner:Ovid I, 717ffIn Plate--numbered in LL

Marks: Watermark:(mount)SUPER ROYAL

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

85.195.6

Type

  • Prints

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Dutch
After Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Mercury Killing Argus; from the series "Ovid's Metamorphoses", 1590
Engraving on paper
Image/plate: 17.3 x 25.2 cm (6 13/16 x 9 15/16 inches)
Anonymous gift 85.195.6

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