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Mercury Beheading Argus

Jacob Jordaens

Mercury Beheading Argus

1651

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Mercury Beheading Argus

Jacob Jordaens

Mercury Beheading Argus

Jacob Jordaens

Mercury Beheading Argus

1651

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 274 × 314 mm. (10 13/16 × 12 3/8 in.) Plate: 225 × 251 mm. (8 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2535
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).

Inscribed: RECTO: LL: "Iac. Iordaens inuentor. 1652"; VERSO: [Garrett collector stamp]

Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett

Artist

Jacob Jordaens

1592–1677

Flemish, 1593-1678
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MERCURY BEHEADING ARGUS
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Mercury Beheading Argus
1586–1600
CACUS STEALING THE CATTLE OF HERCULES
Jacob Jordaens
Cacus Stealing the Cattle of Hercules
1651
MERCURY AND ARGUS
Anthonie Waterloo
Mercury and Argus
1639–1689
JUPITER NOURISHED BY THE GOAT AMALTHEA
Jacob Jordaens
Jupiter Nourished by the Goat Amalthea
1651
MERCURY PUTTING ARGUS TO SLEEP
Hendrick Goltzius
Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep
1588
THE SATYR AND THE PEASANT (LARGE VERSION)
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich and Jacob Jordaens
The Satyr and the Peasant (Large version)
1731–1773
MERCURY BEARS THE HEAD OF ARGUS TO JUNO
Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
Mercury Bears the Head of Argus to Juno
1664–1674
AN OLD WOMAN LOOKING AT A RING
Andrew Geddes and Jacob Jordaens
An Old Woman Looking at a Ring
2000
MERCURY FLIES AWAY WITH ARGUS'S HEAD
Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
Mercury Flies Away with Argus's Head
1664–1674
CHRIST SEIZED BY THE JEWS
Johann Gottlieb Prestel and Jacob Jordaens
Christ Seized by the Jews
1774–1784
MERCURY LULLS ARGUS TO SLEEP
Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
Mercury Lulls Argus to Sleep
1664–1674