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Commercial frontispiece with Mercury on a pedestal adorned with the arms of France

Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others

Commercial frontispiece with Mercury on a pedestal adorned with the arms of France

1664-1674

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Commercial frontispiece with Mercury on a pedestal adorned with the arms of France

1664-1674

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 168 x 113 mm. (6 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.) Plate: 142 x 103 mm. (5 9/16 x 4 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.1329

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Lower left corner: "90" Monogrammed on upper left corner of pedestal; at center of pedestal, "Aul."

Markings: None

Artist

Gerard de Lairesse

1640–1710

Dutch, 1641 - 1711
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Publisher

Nicolaes Visscher I

1617–1678

Dutch, 1618 - 1679
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Publisher

Nicolaes Visscher II

1648–1701

Dutch, 1649 - 1702
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Publisher

Gerard Valck

1650–1725

Dutch, 1651/52 - 1726
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