Mercury and Argus
Mercury and Argus
Mercury and Argus
Mercury and Argus
Mercury and Argus
Mercury and Argus
Mercury and Argus
Mercury and Argus

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Mercury stands on his right leg with his left leg relaxed at the knee and his foot placed on Argus' head. His right arm, bent at the elbow is held up in front of him, and his left holds to his left thigh a drape which descends to the ground and billows forward to the right of his right leg.

The Fitzwilliam Museum

Cambridge

Title

Mercury and Argus

Date

early 17th C

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 20.5 x W 8.3 x D 6.5 cm

Accession number

M.3-1961

Acquisition method

gift from the Friends of The Fitzwilliam Museum, 1961

Work type

Statue

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