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Mercurius en Argus, Simone Cantarini, 1622 - 1648

Mercurius en Argus

1622 - 1648 · Print

About the work

In the museum's own words — in Dutch

Mercurius zit op een rots en speelt op een fluit. Hij probeert Argus in slaap te sussen met zijn muziek, om hem vervolgens te kunnen vermoorden. Argus zit op de voorgrond rechts. Op de achtergrond Io in de gedaante van een koe.

Rijksmuseum

Particulars

1622 - 1648
16121648
Accession number
RP-P-OB-207.590

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Simone Cantarini, portraitSimone CantariniItalian, 1612–1648

May one see it?

Unknown

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum
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What it shows

Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making musicIo as a cow watched by Argus

In the catalog

PrintsBaroque17th century

Sources

  • Rijksmuseum
  • Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
Madonna with Child and St Francis of Assisi, Simone Cantarini, 17th century

Madonna with Child and St Francis of Assisi

17th century · State Hermitage Museum

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Simone Cantarini, early 1640s

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

early 1640s · Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Simone Cantarini

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Holy Family, Simone Cantarini

The Holy Family

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Virgin and Child with a Bird, Simone Cantarini

The Virgin and Child with a Bird

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

A Portrait of a Queen and a Study of a Woman Seated on a Cloud; verso, Sleeping Figure, Simone Cantarini

A Portrait of a Queen and a Study of a Woman Seated on a Cloud; verso, Sleeping Figure

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Simone Cantarini

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Simone Cantarini

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Self-portrait, Vincent van Gogh, 1887

Vincent van Gogh

Self-portrait, 1887

La Corniche near Monaco, Claude Monet, 1884

Claude Monet

La Corniche bij Monaco, 1884

De Nachtwacht, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Night Watch, 1642

Portrait of a Woman, Probably Maria Trip (1619-1683), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639

Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait of Maria Trip, 1639

Still Life with Peacocks, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1639

Rembrandt van Rijn

Still Life with Peacocks, c. 1639

Landscape with a Stone Bridge, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1638

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Stone Bridge, c. 1638

Man in Oriental Dress, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635

Rembrandt van Rijn

Man in Oriental Dress, 1635

Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg, 1634

Mercurius en Argus, Claude Lorrain, 1662

Claude Lorrain

Mercurius en Argus, 1662

Rijksmuseum

Mercurius en Argus, Claude Lorrain, 1662

Claude Lorrain

Mercurius en Argus, 1662

Rijksmuseum

Wensbrief met Mercurius en Argus, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1899

anonymous

Wensbrief met Mercurius en Argus, c. 1700 - c. 1899

Rijksmuseum

Wensbrief met Mercurius en Argus, anonymous, 1825

anonymous

Wensbrief met Mercurius en Argus, 1825

Rijksmuseum

Argus en Mercurius, Hendrick Goltzius, 1580 - 1590

Hendrick Goltzius

Argus en Mercurius, 1580 - 1590

Rijksmuseum

Argus en Mercurius, Hendrick Goltzius, 1580 - 1590

Hendrick Goltzius

Argus en Mercurius, 1580 - 1590

Rijksmuseum

Mercurius brengt Argus met zijn fluitspel in slaap, Jan Lievens, 1625 - 1626

Jan Lievens

Mercurius brengt Argus met zijn fluitspel in slaap, 1625 - 1626

Rijksmuseum

Mercurius speelt Argus in slaap, Gerard de Lairesse, 1670 - 1672

Gerard de Lairesse

Mercurius speelt Argus in slaap, 1670 - 1672

Rijksmuseum