Head of Mercury
Details
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Title
Head of Mercury
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Artist/maker
Hendrick Goltzius (1558 - 1617) -
Associated place
Europe (place of creation) -
Date
1587 -
Material and technique
pen in dark brown ink, on paper (laid down)
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Object type
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Dimensions
sheet 44.4 x 36.5 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1954.
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Museum location
Museum department
Western Art
Accession no.
WA1954.1
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Further reading
Reznicek, Emil Karel Josef, Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius: mit einem beschreibenden Katalog, 2 (Utrecht, 1961), 119
Luijten, Ger, Dawn of the Golden Age: northern Netherlandish art 1580-1620 (Amsterdam and Zwolle / Rijksmuseum and Waanders, 1994)
Leeflang, Huigen, Luijten, Ger, Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617): drawings, prints and paintings (Zwolle / Waanders, 2003), 84
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