Plate 14: Mercury standing in a niche playing his pipes, with the severed head of an old man and a sword at his feet, from "Mythological Gods and Goddesses"

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Plate 14: Mercury standing in a niche playing his pipes, with the severed head of an old man and a sword at his feet, from "Mythological Gods and Goddesses"

Creator

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio

Italian engraver (1500–1565) · 1500–1565

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Date
1526
Medium
Engraving
Department
Drawings and Prints
Institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object ID
368135
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