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Mercury Embracing Venus

Pieter de Jode I Netherlandish
After Bartholomeus Spranger Netherlandish
1588–1634
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mercury Embracing Venus
  • Artist: Pieter de Jode I (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1570–Antwerp 1634)
  • Artist: After Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1546–1611 Prague)
  • Date: 1588–1634
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 6 3/4 × 4 15/16 in. (17.2 × 12.6 cm)
    Sheet: 11 7/16 × 7 11/16 in. (29.1 × 19.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.597.13
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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