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Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius

Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep

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series Title

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 17.5 x 25.2 cm (6 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

sheet: 23.1 x 29.5 cm (9 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein 1996, no. 548, State i/ii

Accession Number

2003.143.2

Artists / Makers

Robert de Baudous (artist) Flemish, 1574/1575 - after 1655

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre); purchased by NGA 2003.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 548, i/ii.

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