Merkur und Argus

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1635-1638
Height:
63.0 cm  (24 13/16 in.)
Width:
87.5 cm  (34 7/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

    Item location

  • Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
    Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister[Museum inv. no.: Gal.-Nr. 962 C]

Iconclass

97CC64
Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making music

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown flute [3940]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Ember, Ildikó. Music in painting: Music as a symbol in Renaissance and Baroque painting. Trans. by Mary and András Boros-Kazai (Budapest: Corvina, 1984) plate 37. ISBN 9631317234. RILM 1984-6813.

RIdIM record id

3528