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Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep

Hendrick Goltziusca. 1589

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

  • Title: Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep
  • Creator: Anonymous after Hendrick Goltzius
  • Date Created: ca. 1589
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed with verse by Franco Estius
  • Set or Series Title: Metamorphoses (illustrations for the work by Ovid)
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1968
  • Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper. Watermark: No watermark
  • Keywords: illustration, illustrations, literature (writings), Mercury, mythology, nudes, sleep
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: Engraved in Goltzius''s workshop
  • Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 174 mm x 250 mm (6.85 in. x 9.84 in.).
  • Bibliography: Bartsch 47 (vol. 2); Illustrated Bartsch 47 (vol. 3, p. 355); for the series, see Hollstein 16–67 (vol. 1, p. 182) and 10–61 (vol. 7, p. 130); see also description attached to original DAC catalog card
  • Associated People: Created by Anonymous, After Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
  • Accession Number: 1968.29.3.17
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

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