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

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

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

Accession Number: 51.501.4352