File:Jan van de Velde II - Mercurius and Argus AN01073198 001 l.jpg

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Jan van de Velde: English: Mercurius and Argus   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Jan van de Velde  (circa 1593
date QS:P,+1593–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1641)  wikidata:Q473684
 
Alternative names
Jan van de Velde , Jan van de Velde (jr.), Jan van de Veldius
Description Dutch painter, drawer, printmaker and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1593
date QS:P,+1593-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
4 November 1641 (buried)
Location of birth/death Delft or Rotterdam Enkhuizen Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between circa 1614 and circa 1641
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1614-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1641-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Haarlem (1614), Enkhuizen (1618), Haarlem (1626), Enkhuizen (1636-1641), Sweden
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artist QS:P170,Q473684
Title
English: Mercurius and Argus
Description
Plate 4 of Wayfaring Musicians depicting Mercury and Argus; three-quarter length figure of Mercury at left, holding the giant head of Argus in his left hand and the hilt of a sword in his right hand; from a series of four plates of travelling musicians
Date between 1615 and 1641
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1615-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1641-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving
Dimensions 20.3 cm x 13.3 cm
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Accession number
S.5799
Inscriptions Door Marcurius pypje wert Argus bedroogen, en int slaep gespeelt met sijn hondert oogen
Notes Hollstein 135.I ; Franken & van der Kellen 1883 62.93 ; Similar copy (in reverse) by Michel Lasne after Aubin Vouet of David with the head of Goliath
References https://archive.org/stream/luvredejanvande00kellgoog#page/n74/mode/1up
Source/Photographer http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=S.5799
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