Image
Description
Maker
- Unknown, engraver (printmaker)
- After Hendrick Goltzius, 1558-1617, Dutch
Culture
Title
Mercury Killing Argus
Year
1590
Medium
Engraving on paper
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
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
Identification
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State
2nd of 2 Type
Credit
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Anonymous gift
Object Number
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85.195.6
Projects & Publications
Publications
Use
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