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Mercury Lulls Argus to Sleep
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Mercury Lulls Argus to Sleep

Moyses van Wtenbrouck · 1600 - 1647 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Mercury plays the flute for the drowsy Argus. The cow Io drinks from a pond. Scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Met. I, 682-687).

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Credit lineMercurius sust Argus in slaap. 1600 - 1647. Moyses van Wtenbrouck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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