[Argus and Mercury]
[Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608]
[Moretus, Jan, 1543-1610]
[Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589 (publisher)]
Graphic
[Jan Moretus]
Antwerp]
[1591]
1 print : Etching ; plate mark 70 x 85 mm. on sheet 91 x 120 mm.
Paper
[Netherlands]
In image, lower right : "17" ; above the plate : "ARGVS ET MERCVRIVS. XVII."
Pr. [17] of : [Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.], METAMORPHOSES ARGUMENTIS BREVIORIBUS
Ovidius Publius Naso, 'Metamorphoses argumentis brevioribus', Antwerp, 1591.
Good
Mercury (Roman deity)Argos (Greek mythological character)
MythologyNarrative poetry, Latin
Biblioteca Casanatense
Fondo antico
289498/17_p.39
Link to mother card
289498/1-179
P.VIII.44 CCC
New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca 1450-1700, Rotterdam, 2006, part IV, p.169, n.1673
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