Mercury and Argus

Claude Lorrain17th century

Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom

Mercury lulls to sleep and will kill the many-eyed Argus, set by Juno to watch over lo, whom Jupiter (having ravished her) had transformed into a heifer (Ovid. Metamorphoses, I).

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Title: Mercury and Argus
Creator Lifespan: 1604/5? - 1682
Date: 17th century
Physical Dimensions: w365 x h325 cm
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil
Work Nationality: French
Support: Panel
Provenance: London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
Imitator of: Claude
Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)

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