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Print, Mercury, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris
This is a Print. It was designed by Adriaen Collaert and engraved by Adriaen Collaert. It is dated ca. 1690 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Intertwining grotesques encircle an image of Mercury in this print. Within the frame, coiling dragons and the twisted torso of a seraph echo the shape of the god’s caduceus. They recall decorations in the Domus Aurea. Such stylized forms offset the naturalistic figure of Mercury, highlighting different modes of classical revival.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Print, Plate 26, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren
- etching on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1945-59-14
- Print, Plate, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren
- etching on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1945-59-18
- Print, Plate 22, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)
- etching on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1945-59-10
Our curators have highlighted 10 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, Grotesque with Deities. Plate 13 “Mercury,” 2nd state
- Sheet: 28.9 x 18.7 cm (11 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.) Platemark: 17.4 x 10.8 cm (6 7/8 x....
- 1945-70-17
- Drawing, Jupiter Sending Mercury to Priam
- black chalk, pen and ink on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-49
- Print, Plate 27, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren
- etching on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1945-59-15
Its dimensions are
H x W: 25.3 × 20.5 cm (9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.) Platemark: 13.7 × 8.9 cm (5 3/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
It is signed
In plate, at top: Adrian Collaert invent. sculp. & excudit
Cite this object as
Print, Mercury, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris; Designed by Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618); Netherlands; engraving on laid paper; H x W: 25.3 × 20.5 cm (9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.) Platemark: 13.7 × 8.9 cm (5 3/8 × 3 1/2 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-528-6
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.
