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    386 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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Results for "Mercury, Argus and Io"12 records

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Mercury and Argus, Io and Juno, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Book I by Robert Willemsz de Baudous, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercury and Argus, Io and Juno, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Book I

Robert Willemsz de Baudous (d. 1659)

ca. 1589 · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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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

Cleared · CC0

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Mercury and Argus by Simone Cantarini, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercury and Argus

Simone Cantarini (d. 1648)

ca.1630–48 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Mercury and Argus by Simone Cantarini, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercury and Argus

Simone Cantarini (d. 1648)

ca. 1630–48 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Mercury and Argus by Simone Cantarini, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercury and Argus

Simone Cantarini (d. 1648)

ca. 1630–48 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Mercury and Argus by Simone Cantarini, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercury and Argus

Simone Cantarini (d. 1648)

ca. 1630–48 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Mercury and Argus by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercury and Argus

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (d. 1682)

1662 · Etching; third state of three (Mannocci)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Mercury and Argus by Anthonie Waterloo, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercury and Argus

Anthonie Waterloo (d. 1690)

17th century · Etching; first state of two, trial proof before letters

Cleared · Public Domain

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Mercury and Argus by Anthonie Waterloo, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercury and Argus

Anthonie Waterloo (d. 1690)

17th century · Etching; second state of two

Cleared · Public Domain

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Mercury and Argus by Januarius Zick, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercury and Argus

Januarius Zick (d. 1797)

mid-18th–late 18th century · Black and white chalk, pen and black ink, squared for transfer in graphite.

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Mercury and Argus

Franz Ertinger (d. 1710)

1679 · Etching; counterproof with additions in black chalk and perhaps some gouache

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Mercury and Argus

James Tibbits Willmore (d. 1863)

1839–41 · Etching and engraving on chine collé, early proof

In copyright

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