Mercury with the Head of Argus Pierre de Franqueville (1548–1615)

Mercury with the Head of Argus

Pierre de Franqueville (1548–1615)

c. 1600

Material/technique: Bronze, with reddish brown natural patina and remnants of a dark brown varnish

Measurements: 8.3 × 5.0 × 5.0 cm

Acquisition: Acquired in 1880 by Prince Johann II von Liechtenstein

Artists/makers/authors: Pierre de Franqueville

Inventory number: SK 253

Provenance: Acquired in 1880 by Prince Johann II von Liechtenstein.

Iconography: Mercury beheads Argus

Manfred Leithe Jasper, Francesca de Gramatica (Hg.), Bagliori d´Antico. Bronzetti al Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento 2013, Abb. 124

James David Draper, Ausst.-Kat. Die Bronzen der Fürstlichen Sammlung Liechtenstein, Frankfurt 1986, S. 145, Kat. 4

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Mercury with the Head of Argus

Pierre de Franqueville (1548–1615)

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