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Mercury: 23.K.2-78

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mercury
Eight Deities

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik
Draughtsman: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Polidoro Caldara) (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1592

Note

State I

School or Style

Dutch/ Flemish

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.K.2-78
Primary reference Number: 119508
Bartsch: 254
Hollstein Dutch and Flemish: 303
Illustrated Bartsch: .254 S1
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 4 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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