Mercury leaving Antwerp
Maker
(draughtsman)
1606-1669
(engraver)
1606-1669
(publisher)
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
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
Keywords
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. //
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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