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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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Details
- 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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