File:Jan van de Velde II - Mercurius and Argus AN01073198 001 l.jpg

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Summary

Jan van de Velde: English: Mercurius and Argus (

)

Artist

Jan van de Velde (circa 1593 date QS:P,+1593–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 –1641)
Alternative names	Jan van de Velde , Jan van de Velde (jr.), Jan van de Veldius
Description	Dutch painter, drawer, printmaker and publisher
Date of birth/death	circa 1593 date QS:P,+1593-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	4 November 1641 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Delft or Rotterdam	Enkhuizen
Work period	between circa 1614 and circa 1641 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1614-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1641-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Haarlem (1614), Enkhuizen (1618), Haarlem (1626), Enkhuizen (1636-1641), Sweden
Authority file	: Q473684 VIAF: 10641780 ISNI: 0000000083566632 ULAN: 500115398 LCCN: nr97028048 NLA: 49287718 WorldCat

Title

English: Mercurius and Argus

Description

Plate 4 of Wayfaring Musicians depicting Mercury and Argus; three-quarter length figure of Mercury at left, holding the giant head of Argus in his left hand and the hilt of a sword in his right hand; from a series of four plates of travelling musicians

Date

between 1615 and 1641

Medium

engraving

Dimensions

20.3 cm x 13.3 cm

Collection

British Museum

	Native name	British Museum
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 10″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1753
	Website	www.britishmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q6373 VIAF: 134857252 ISNI: 0000000123428817 ULAN: 500125180 LCCN: n79107735 NLA: 35022119 WorldCat

Accession number

S.5799

Inscriptions

Door Marcurius pypje wert Argus bedroogen, en int slaep gespeelt met sijn hondert oogen

Notes

Hollstein 135.I ; Franken & van der Kellen 1883 62.93 ; Similar copy (in reverse) by Michel Lasne after Aubin Vouet of David with the head of Goliath

References

https://archive.org/stream/luvredejanvande00kellgoog#page/n74/mode/1up

Source/Photographer

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=S.5799

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