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Mercury and Argus: V.1-282

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Mercury and Argus
Large upright landscapes with scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses (six numbered plates)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Waterloo, Anthonie

Entities

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1877) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur

Note

Signed in the plate upper left corner, numbered 3

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: V.1-282
Primary reference Number: 34619
Bartsch: 127
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 127
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mercury and Argus" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/34619 Accessed: 2024-11-18 04:26:11

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