Caption
Mercury, Gods and goddesses involved in the Judgment of Paris, print, album page, Landscape with Mercury and his attribute the rooster. Roosters usually pull Mercury's chariot. Mercury wears his winged helmet, the Petasus. In his hand he holds the caduceus. In the frame, a Latin inscription referring to the role Mercury played in the Judgment of Paris. Mercury brings the goddesses to Paris and acts as an intermediary. This print is part of an album., printmaker: Crispijn van de Passe (I), Cologne, 1592, 1635 - 1660, Crispijn van de Passe (I), printmaker, North Rhine-Westphalia, paper, engraving, height 95 mm x width 140 mm, The print has been cleaned with a pen. In the past, someone scratched the cross of Mercury with a pen., (story of) Mercury (Hermes), An oval engraving shows a reclining nude male figure wearing a winged cap and a draped cloth at his waist, lying on a rocky foreground with one arm extended holding a staff entwined by serpents and the other supporting his torso; behind him a large tree rises beside a dark cave opening that reveals a distant walled town and winding river, while to the right a shoreline scene includes buildings, a tower, a small sailing vessel, and two small figures by the water; decorative oval borders surround the scene and a rooster stands near the cave entrance.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B26_074
License type
Rights managed
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40.9Mb (9.4Mb) / 15.5in x 10.3in / 4642 x 3078 (300dpi)