Mercury Killing Argus
1665
Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder
Artist, German, 1631 - 1716
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 14.8 x 14.2 cm (5 13/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
sheet: 15.2 x 14.5 cm (6 x 5 11/16 in.) -
Accession
2005.17.22
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased 2004 by NGA.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: Amputat ense caput misero Cyllenius Argo... /...Inde avis haec penna versicalore nitet. / 20
Wikidata ID
Q76340806