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Mercury and Jupiter in the house of Baucis and Philomen

Maker

(artist)
1632-1698

(engraver)
1683-1761

(publisher)
1675-1750 (Life dates)

Title

Mercury and Jupiter in the house of Baucis and Philomen

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 23.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2966.35

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 edge, black ink: "ALT: 56. LAT: 74. UNC."; lower centre edge within image, black ink: "v. Prenner deli et Incidit"; lower centre, black ink: "Fertur Baucis anus, parilique oetate Philemon // Sola dediSe Jovi, Mercurioque lares. // Haustum sponte novus lambit cratera Lyoeus, // Et personatos prodit adeSe Deos. // Unicus anser erat; Dis hunc mactare parabant // Fugit hic ad Superos, qui rapuere neci. // LOTTIUS hosce Senes Juvenis depinxerat ambos, // Artis grande decus CAESARIS auget opus. // Baucida conspexit dudum frondere Philemon: // Texerat ora frutex, texerat ora cinis. // Reddidit ambobus vitam, frondesque perennes // LOTTIUS, oeternum Gloria cantat Opus. // Ita canit // IOANNES GEORGIUS // SCHWANDTNER // Musophilus."; lower centre edge, graphite: "32".

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