Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep

Hendrick Goltziusca. 1589

Details

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

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