Mercurius en Herse, Albert Meyering, 1665 - 1714

Title(s)

Mercurius en Herse

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-23.541

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 25

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

In een landschap lopen rechts op de voorgrond de drie dochters van Cecrops. Bij de fontein rusten zij uit. In de lucht vliegt Mercurius, die op slag verliefd wordt op Herse, de mooiste van de drie.

Artist

• print maker: Albert Meyering (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Albert Meyering (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Albert Meyering (possibly)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1665 - 1714

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 298 mm × width 405 mm

What

• Mercury falls in love with Herse, when seeing her and her companions carry baskets full of flowers to the temple
• utilitarian, public pump or water fountain
• landscapes in the temperate zone

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Meer - Ossenbeeck, p. 25, cat.nr. 25