Minerva and Mercury Arming Perseus
1604
Artist, Netherlandish, 1571 - 1628

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 56.2 × 39.7 cm (22 1/8 × 15 5/8 in.)
sheet: 60.6 × 43.6 cm (23 7/8 × 17 3/16 in.) -
Accession
2012.92.579
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Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein, no. 69, State iii/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georg Usslaub [1845-c.1929], Marseille (Lugt 1221). (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased May 5, 1992; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2013
Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 59, ii/ii
1993
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Muller Dynasty, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 69, iii/iii
Inscriptions
in image, at bottom left: B. Sprangers inuentor.; below image: Quid sibi vult Perseus? Sibi quid Cyllenius? addit / Alarum pedibus par, tegit ense latus. / Dîa quid hic Pallas? dat munera singula Quaenam? / Aegida. Quid? celer ad Gorgonis ora volet.; below image, at left: Ornatissimo juxtà ac Prudentissimo viro / Henrico Spieghel L. F. studiorum bonarumque / artium patrono. / L. M. Q. D. D. Ianus Muller sculptor.; below image, at right: JMuller excud. Amstelodami. / .DD.D C. IV.
Wikidata ID
Q76557228