Mercury with the Head of Argus in His Hand

1558

Hieronymus Cock

Artist, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 22.4 × 32.4 cm (8 13/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1979.2.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rev. John Burleigh James [1811-1891], Shropshire, England (Lugt 1425)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 Vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1951: vol. IV (Cock), no. 14.

Inscriptions

bottom left, in plate: Mercurius Argum interficit; bottom left, in plate: Cock fecit 1558

Wikidata ID

Q65569587

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