Mercury and Argos
Mercury and Argos
Mercury and Argos
Mercury and Argos

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Mercury and Argos

Paolo Gerolamo Piola, Genoa 1666–1724 Genoa
x1976-78

Information

Title
Mercury and Argos
Maker
Paolo Gerolamo Piola
Medium
Brush and pen and brown ink and wash, with gray gouache, over black chalk, with touches of black crayon, on blue paper faded to brown
Dimensions
26.4 × 38.6 cm. (10 3/8 × 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1976-78
Inscription
Inscribed on mount, recto, lower center, in brown ink: Tiré du Cabinet de Mr E. H. Langlois / directeur de l’academie de Peinture de Rouen
Culture
Italian
Type
drawings
Subject
landscapes (representations), cows, sheep, figures (representations), deities, trees, wind instruments, mythology

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