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Mercury and Argus by Hendrick Goltzius — VisualArtsDB

Mercury and Argus

Mercury and Argus

Hendrick Goltzius

1580–1590

Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 8.3 × 6.2 cm (3 5/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
Genre: engraving
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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engravingprintprints and drawingpaper

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