Hermes (Mercury) holding the caduceus with a nude man wearing a plumed feather head-dress seated on the back of a peacock. Etching by C.M. Metz after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
- Parmigianino, 1503-1540.
- Date:
- 1800-1900
- Reference:
- 589428i
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About this work
Description
Weigel (loc. cit.) interpreted the bird on the right as an ostrich, but it appears to be a peacock
Publication/Creation
1800-1900
Physical description
1 print : etching ; image 7.3 x 7.8 cm
Lettering
Parmegiano. In the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds R.A.P.
Bears ownership mark of Jonathan Richardson senior (JR in monogram on an artist's palet) on the drawing which this etching reproduces
References note
R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 486, no. 5795 ("Zwei Männer, einer reitet auf einem Strauss. Rund. Feder. Mit der Stempel der Richardson'schen Sammlung. Aus Reynolds' Sammlung. C. Metz sc. Durchmesser 2" 8")
Reference
Wellcome Collection 589428i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores