Mercury Killing Argus

1665

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder

Artist, German, 1631 - 1716

Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • 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 Number

    2005.17.22

Associated Artworks

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Title Page

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God Creating Order from Chaos

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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

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