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Mercury and Argus

Maker

(artist)
ca. 1595-before 1647 (Life dates)

(engraver)
ca. 1595-before 1647 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1587-1652

Title

Mercury and Argus

Date of Production

1621

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 18.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2796

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: within the image, below the left image, black ink: “Marcurius”; below the right image, black ink: “Argus”; lower left edge, black ink: “M V broovck 1621”; lower centre edge, black ink: “CJVisscher ex.”; lower right edge, black ink: “2”. Mount, recto: below the image on the left corner, stamped in black ink: “M. v. Uyttenbroek”; lower left corner, handwritten in black pen: “B. 19 // W. 19 III”; lower right corner, graphite: “D”.

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