Mercury, Argus and Io

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1650 - 1674

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1883-A-210
  • Dimensionsheight 124 mm x width 124 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen and light brown ink, with light brown wash, heightened with opaque white; framing line in brown ink

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Mercury, Argus and Io

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1883-A-210

Creation

  • Creation

    • draftsman (artist): Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
    • draftsman (artist): Jan Lievens [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    1650 - 1674

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen and light brown ink, with light brown wash, heightened with opaque white; framing line in brown ink

  • Dimensions

    height 124 mm x width 124 mm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1883

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Charles-Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel (1820-99, Paris) and Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913, Edinburgh and London), Amsterdam (F. Muller), 20 November 1882 sqq., no. 106, as Jan Lievens, fl. 16.40, to the dealer H.J. Valk for the museum (L. 2228)

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