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The cog carried by Mercury, Hercules, Minerva and Neptune
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Visible traces of the sculptor can be discerned in this freely modelled bozzetto (clay sketch) for the crowning element of a pump: fingerprints, sharp, deep grooves and tiny holes made by the sculpting tools to suggest depth, and short parallel lines from a serrated spatula to enliven the surface. These accents are comparable to hatching in drawings.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHet koggeschip gedragen door Mercurius, Hercules, Minerva en Neptunus. c. 1651 - c. 1652. Artus Quellinus (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
