Mercurius brengt Paris de gouden appel, Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, after Annibale Carracci, 1625 - 1689

Title(s)

Mercurius brengt Paris de gouden appel

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-36.192

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 40-2(2)
• Bartsch 40

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Mercurius en Paris in een landschap. Mercurius zweeft in de lucht en geeft Paris de gouden appel.

Artist

• print maker: Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi
• print maker: Annibale Carracci (rejected attribution)
• after design by: Annibale Carracci (mentioned on object)

Place

Italy

Dating

1625 - 1689

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 310 mm × width 226 mm

What

• (story of) Mercury (Hermes)
• Mercury brings Paris the golden apple

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 46, p. 99, cat.nr. 40
• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 46 commentary, p. 168, cat.nr. 40
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 21, p. 61, cat.nr. 40