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Mercure et Argus
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Mercury and Argus
Mercure et Argus
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French (active in Rome), 1600–1682)
1662
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 x 23.1 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 16.2 x 22.5 cm (6 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 16.2 x 22.5 cm (6 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4333
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 17; Mannocci 42, ii(A)/iii
Marks
Verso, bottom center, stamped in blue ink, the mark of Carl Schlösser, Elberfeld (1827-1884)(Lugt 636); verso, bottom left-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceCarl Schlösser, Elberfeld (1827-1884)(Lugt 636); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897