Image
Unknown Maker, Dutch
Mercury Killing Argus,
Description
Maker
Culture
Title
Mercury Killing Argus
Medium
engraving
Materials/Techniques
Materials
Techniques
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
Type
Credit
Anonymous gift
Object Number
85.195.6
About
Mercury Killing Argus
from the series "Ovid's Metamorphoses"
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
2nd of 2
Use
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