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Mercury tells Aeneas to Leave Carthage by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mercury tells Aeneas to Leave Carthage

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (d. 1662)

1679 · Tapestry, tapestry weave: silk and wool

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Mercury (Budha), from a Mandi Astrology Series by Sanju, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mercury (Budha), from a Mandi Astrology Series

Sanju

c. 1810 · Painting, Gum tempera and gold on paper

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Mercury and Argus in a Landscape by Dirck van der Lisse, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mercury and Argus in a Landscape

Dirck van der Lisse (d. 1669)

c. 1635 · Painting, oil on copper

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Mantel by Inigo Jones, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mantel

Inigo Jones (d. 1652)

c. 1730 · Furniture and woodwork, marble

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Mercury (from the Tarocchi, series A:  Firmaments of the Universe, #42) by Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mercury (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #42)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

before 1467 · Print, engraving

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Key by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Key

Unrecorded maker

1–100 CE · Metalwork, iron tang, bronze handle

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Mercury Orders Calypso to Allow Ulysses Depart by Gerard de Lairesse, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mercury Orders Calypso to Allow Ulysses Depart

Gerard de Lairesse (d. 1711)

c. 1670 · Print, etching

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Mercury by Kenyon Cox, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Mercury

Kenyon Cox (d. 1919)

1912 · Drawing, graphite

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Necklace (ashän ketab) with amulet pendants (tälsäm) and bead by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Necklace (ashän ketab) with amulet pendants (tälsäm) and bead

Unrecorded maker

late 1800s or early 1900s · Jewelry, mercury-gilded copper alloy

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Woman and Water Buffalo Rhyton by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman and Water Buffalo Rhyton

Unrecorded maker

500–700 · Metalwork, silver, with mercury gilding and glass inlays

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Dog-shaped Paperweight by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Dog-shaped Paperweight

Unrecorded maker

676–935 · Sculpture, gilt bronze

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