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Mercury and Argus | |
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Title/s | Mercury and Argus |
Maker/s | Aspetti, Tiziano style of (sculptor) [ULAN info: Italian artist, c.1565-1607] |
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Description | Bronze, cast. Mercury stands on his right leg with left relaxed at the knee and its foot, resting on the head of Argus. His right arm, bent at the elbow is held up in front of him, and his left holds to his left thigh a drape which descends to the ground and billows forward to the right of his right leg. |
Production Place | Venice (sculptor) (place) Italy (sculptor) (country) Venetian (sculptor) (nationality) Italian (sculptor) (nationality) |
Technique Description | bronze, cast |
Dimensions |
height: (whole): 20.3
cm |
Period | early 17th Century |
Date | circa 1600 to 1630 |
Provenance | given: The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1961 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Peel and Humprhis, Bond Street, LondonGiven by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum |
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Other Notes | Argus, a many-eyed hero, was killed by Mercury, who charmed him to sleep with a flute, then crushed him with a boulder and cut off his head. |
Accession Number | M.3-1961 (Applied Arts) |
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