Mercury and Argus

Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael

Artist, Dutch, c. 1566 - 1638

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray-brown wash on laid paper squared with brown ink

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 13.2 x 19.6 cm (5 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1973.41.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Eric Deudon); purchased by NGA, 1973.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1985-1986.

2015

  • Pleasue and Piety: The Art of Joachim Wtewael, Centraal Museum, Utrecht; National Gallery of Art, Washingto; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2015, no. 52.

Wikidata ID

Q64536871

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