Mercury Killing Argus

1652

Remoldus Eynhoudts, after Jacob Jordaens

Associated Names
Remoldus Eynhoudts

Artist, Flemish, 1613 - 1680

Jacob Jordaens

Artist After, Flemish, 1593 - 1678

This is a detailed black and white drawing of a scene set in a rustic environment. It depicts a muscular figure on the left holding a sword above their head, standing beside a seated, heavily-built individual draped in cloth. In the background, there is an ox staring at the scene, and a dog looking up at the seated figure. The setting includes trees and a rugged landscape. The drawing features intricate cross-hatching and line work to emphasize the forms and expressions of the figures.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.8 × 29.3 cm (10 3/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.175.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 7, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Collection Defer-Dumesnil, Paris, (Lugt 739). Jean Cantacuzène [1863-1934], Bucharest, (Lugt 4030); François Heugel [1922-2010], Paris (Lugt 3373). (Paul Prouté, S. A., Paris).

Associated Names

Bibliography

1751

  • Hecquet, Robert. Catalogue des estampes gravées d'aprés Rubens. Paris, 1751: no. 17

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. 7. i/ii

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: Iac. Iordaens Inventor. 1652.; along bottom, in later hand, in graphite: [indecipherable]; verso: at center, in later hand, in dark brown ink: jacques jordans; at bottom right, in later hand, in graphite: 100850 [in rectangle]

Markings

recto: François Heugel (Lugt 3373) and Jean de Cantacuzène (Lugt 4030); verso: Defer-Dumesnil (Lugt 739)

Watermarks

none

You may be interested in

Loading Results