A Man Showing Mercury the Eagle of Jupiter

1696

Crescenzio Onofri

Associated Names
Crescenzio Onofri

Artist, Italian, probably 1632 - 1712 or after

The etching shows a landscape with two figures near a body of water, a boat with a figure on the water, lush vegetation, trees, mountains, clouds, rolling hills, and buildings near the water. The etching is detailed and precise, using lines and cross-hatching for texture and depth. The monochromatic palette highlights the interplay of light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31.8 x 44.8 cm (12 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 x 49.7 cm (13 15/16 x 19 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.3.18

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

Bibliography

1802

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

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: In oedibus Marchionis Caroli Theoduli Oppidi Sancti Viti pinxit et oere incidit Crescentius de Hunufrys; later hand on verso:ST8384L155 / B.12 /94/

Wikidata ID

Q74067092

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