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Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep by Hendrick Goltzius — VisualArtsDB

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Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep

Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep

Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep

Hendrick Goltzius

1584–1594

Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: plate: 17.5 × 25.4 cm (6 7/8 × 10 in.) sheet: 19.3 × 27.3 cm (7 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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