Rijksmuseum
Mercurius
Ferdinand Leenhoff
- Date
- 1898
- Medium
- bronze (metal)
- Culture
- Netherlands
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
In mythology, Mercury was the god of commerce and was also considered the messenger of the gods. That is why he wears winged sandals that take him swiftly from one place to another. Beside him lies his caduceus, a staff with two coiled snakes. A legend relates that he acquired the staff from Apollo in exchange for a lyre.
The authoritative record is held by Rijksmuseum. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Creator
Ferdinand LeenhoffDutch painter and sculptor (1841-1914) · 1841–1914
All works by this person →More on WikipediaRelated across collections
Semantically similar works from Rijksmuseum and other institutions.
Mercury (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #42)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mercury
Getty Museum
Mercurius
Rijksmuseum
Caduceus
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Mercury (?); Zodiacal Sign of Taurus
Getty Museum
Mercury Inventing the Lyre
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Mercury tells Aeneas to Leave Carthage
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mercurius, from Eight Pagan Gods
Art Institute of Chicago
Mercury and Argus in a Landscape
Cleveland Museum of Art
Venus and Mercury
Rijksmuseum
Statuette of Hermes
Getty Museum
Mercury Rescues the Disguised Io after Beheading Argus
Art Institute of Chicago