Maker
Unknown Maker, Dutch
After Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Culture
Title
Mercury Killing Argus
from the series "Ovid's Metamorphoses"
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
engraving Dimensions
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Image/plate: 17.3 x 25.2 cm (6 13/16 x 9 15/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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
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State
2nd of 2 Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Anonymous gift
Object Number
85.195.6 Type
Image use
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Tombstone
After Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
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