Mercure and Argus

Title

Mercure and Argus

Draughtsman

• Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• red chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• figure study
• animal study
• composition study
• sketch

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Narrenkappe auf der mit drei Kugeln abschließenden Zahl Vier

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1921

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Mercury
• Argus

Primary

• 97CC64 Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making music
• 47I2112 cow
• 25H11(+1) mountains (+ landscape with figures, staffage)

Alternative Attribution

• Leendert van der Cooghen ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Pier Francesco Mola circle; draughtsman; by note on mount
• Netherlandish draughtsman; by note on mount
• Nicolaes Berchem ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Matheus Moysesz van Wttenbroeck ? draughtsman; by note on mount