Mercury Entering Herse's Room after Changing Agraulos to Stone

1590

Workshop of Hendrick Goltizus, after Hendrick Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Related Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

This is a drawing depicting a classical mythological scene in an interior with intricate details. The composition features a reclining nude figure on lavish fabrics under a canopy. A standing figure on the left holds a staff entwined with snakes. In the background, a seated figure interacts with another cloaked figure against a backdrop of columns and paneling. An overflowing urn of flowers is in the foreground, next to a small dog on the floor. The artwork shows detailed line work and a sense of spatial depth, highlighting the interiors and narrative.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Hack

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.8 x 25.6 cm (7 x 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.4 x 26.1 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.55.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 570, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified private collector (not in Lugt). D'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Westphalia (Lugt 567). Charles Hack, New York; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821, 69

1949

  • Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, no. 546

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 570, i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: 19. Tentat adire Hersen Cyllinius... / ... foribus insit abri sera.

Wikidata ID

Q76439079

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