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Jacob Jordaens

Mercury Beheading Argus

1652

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Mercury Beheading Argus

Jacob Jordaens

Mercury Beheading Argus

Jacob Jordaens

Mercury Beheading Argus

1652

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

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Jacob Jordaens

Flemish, 1593-1678

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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
Paulus Pontius, Jacob Jordaens, and others
The Flight into Egypt
n.d.
MERCURY BEHEADING ARGUS
Hans Bol and Aegidius Sadeler II
Mercury Beheading Argus
published 1601
CACUS STEALING THE CATTLE OF HERCULES
Jacob Jordaens
Cacus Stealing the Cattle of Hercules
1652
MERCURY AND ARGUS
Anthonie Waterloo
Mercury and Argus
1640-1690
JUPITER NOURISHED BY THE GOAT AMALTHEA
Jacob Jordaens
Jupiter Nourished by the Goat Amalthea
1652
MERCURY PUTTING ARGUS TO SLEEP
Hendrick Goltzius
Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep
1589
THE SATYR AND THE PEASANT (LARGE VERSION)
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich and Jacob Jordaens
The Satyr and the Peasant (Large version)
1739
MERCURY BEARS THE HEAD OF ARGUS TO JUNO
Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
Mercury Bears the Head of Argus to Juno
c. 1670-1672
AN OLD WOMAN LOOKING AT A RING
Andrew Geddes and Jacob Jordaens
An Old Woman Looking at a Ring
n.d.
MERCURY FLIES AWAY WITH ARGUS'S HEAD
Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
Mercury Flies Away with Argus's Head
c. 1670-1672
CHRIST SEIZED BY THE JEWS
Johann Gottlieb Prestel and Jacob Jordaens
Christ Seized by the Jews
c. 1780
MERCURY LULLS ARGUS TO SLEEP
Gerard de Lairesse, Nicolaes Visscher I, and others
Mercury Lulls Argus to Sleep
c. 1670-1672