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Mercury Preparing to Kill Argus
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Mercury Preparing to Kill Argus

Moyses van Wtenbrouck · 1618 - 1628 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Mercury approaches the sleeping Argus, drawing his sword. Scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Met. I, 715-719).

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printMercury beheads Argus
Credit lineMercurius maakt aanstalten om Argus te doden. 1618 - 1628. Moyses van Wtenbrouck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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