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Mercury and Argus

Mercury lulls to sleep and will kill the many-eyed Argus, set by Juno to watch over lo, whom Jupiter (having ravished her) had transformed into a heifer (Ovid. Metamorphoses, I).

Not currently on display

Artist
Imitator of Claude
Date
17th Century
Dimensions
32.5 x 36.5 cm
Materials
Oil on panel
Acquisition
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811
Accession number
DPG336