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Mercury seen from behind, floating through the air holding a caduceus, from "Heroicae Virtutis Imagines" after the frescoes by Pietro da Cortona in the Sala di Giove of the Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Pierre Simon French
After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian
Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian

ca. 1677

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Title: Mercury seen from behind, floating through the air holding a caduceus, from "Heroicae Virtutis Imagines" after the frescoes by Pietro da Cortona in the Sala di Giove of the Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Series/Portfolio: Heroicae Virtutis Imagines

Artist: Pierre Simon (French, Paris ca. 1650–1710 Paris)

Artist: After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)

Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)

Date: ca. 1677

Medium: Engraving and etching

Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 8 9/16 × 13 3/8 in. (21.7 × 34 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Object Number: 51.501.4352

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