Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Io Changed into a Cow: Mercury Cuts Off Argus’s Head
1730, published 1733
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Pierre Brebiette
Io Changed into a Cow: Mercury Cuts Off Argus’s Head
1730, published 1733
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 456 x 287 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Plate: 355 x 252 mm. (14 x 9 15/16 in.)
Image: 340 x 246 mm. (13 3/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the book "Tafereel, Of Beschryving van den prachtigen Tempel der Zang-Godinnen," (Amsterdam: Chatelain, 1733) by Antoine La Barre de Beaumarchais (d. 1757)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12988
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 2
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "Ïo changé en Vache est donée en garde à Argus, à qui Mercure coupe la tête / Io changed into a Cow: Mercury cuts off Argus's head / Iö in eine Kuh verwandelt, wird von den Urgus bewachtet, welchen Mercurius enthauptet / Iö in een Koe verandert, werdt de Wacht van Argus aanbevoolen, wien Mercurius't hooft asslaat"; in plate: at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1730"; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "13"
