Mercury and Argus

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Camillo Procaccini

Title

Mercury and Argus

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1570–1799

Medium

Brush and brown wash, over red and black chalk, with brush and red chalk wash, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), on tan laid paper

Dimensions

27.5 × 40.1 cm (10 7/8 × 15 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.925

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