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Mercury leaving Antwerp

Maker

(draughtsman)
1606-1669

(engraver)
1606-1669

(publisher)

Title

Mercury leaving Antwerp

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 33.2 cm
Width: 26.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2258

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, black ink: "pag.147.B."; lower centre within the image, black ink: "MERCURIO//MERCIMO,//NIORUM//PRAESIDI//P."; lower left edge, black ink: "P. P. Rub. Inuent."; lower centre, black ink: "NE, PRECOR HINC VOLUCRES FLECTAT CYLLENIUS ALAS//O PRINCEPS, CULTAMQUE SIBI NE DESERAT URBEM, // ET FUGITIUA MEO REDEANT VOMMERCIA SCALDI!"; lower left corner, black ink: "34."; lower right edge, black ink: "T a Thul. delin. et Sculp."; lower right corner, black ink: "C. Geuartius.".

Inscription: inscription : printed : within image & upper left : : pag. 147. B.//

Inscription: inscription : printed : within image : on Mercury's pedestal : MERCVRIO / MERCIMO, / NIORVM / PRAESDI / P. //

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