"Argus gardien d'Io est endormi par Mercure, que lui tranche la tete"

Eisen, Charles (1720-1778)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1765
Technique / Medium:
graphite on paper

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1942.9.872]

Description

Argus, guardian of Io, is put to sleep by Mercury, who cuts off his head. Preliminary drawing for Ovid, Metamorphoses. A syrinx is on the ground.

Iconclass

97CC64
Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making music
97CC641
Mercury beheads Argus

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Syrinx [4084]

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4028