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The magi sheltering in a cave on the way to Bethlehem; here representing mercury converted into sulphur, at the moment of its fixation in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, 17th century.
Reference: 38211i- Pictures
A man with the head of a pig jumps through a hoop held by a figure with the hat of Mercury and a shield as the circus master holds a ring and whip and an audience look on. Lithograph, ca. 1840/1845.
Date: [1845?]Reference: 627427i- Pictures
The god Mercury (Hermes) with a cock. Engraving by E. Delaune, c. 1560.
Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583.Date: 1560Reference: 25873i- Pictures
Cupid flying with the caduceus and winged helmet of Mercury. Etching by G. Audran, ca. 1675, after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: [1675?]Reference: 2897505i- Pictures
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A red-faced king stands in a red robe, flanked by a queen and the deity Mercury in green clothes; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
Reference: 38627i- Pictures
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: 1800-1900Reference: 589428i- Pictures
Neptune presiding over a businessman making money through investment and a man drinking beer; representing the phlegmatic temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler.
Nessenthaler, Johann David, 1717?-1766.Reference: 26892i- Pictures
The education of Marie de' Medicis: Minerva, Mercury and the Graces teach her the fine and liberal arts. Engraving by A. Loir, ca. 1708, after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [1708?]Reference: 2863604iPart of: Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.- Pictures
Bombario as Aesop mocks monkeys eating cabbage, who represent investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 814377iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Books
The commentary on Martianus Capella's De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii / attributed to Bernardus Silvestris ; edited by Haijo Jan Westra.
Bernard Silvestris, active 1136.Date: [1986], ©1986- Pictures
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A garden pond with nine large exotic birds, two potted plants and a statue of Mercury. Etching by J. G. Thelott, 18th century, after S. Kleiner.
Kleiner, Salomon, 1700-1761.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 26641i- Pictures
A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
Reference: 16062i- Pictures
A goatherd playing a pipe on the banks of a river by an estuary. Aquatint by M. Dubourg, 1809, after W.M. Craig after Claude Lorraine.
Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682.Date: Jan.y 12 1809Reference: 3055142i- Pictures
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A three headed monster in an alchemical flask, representing the composition of the alchemical philosopher's stone: salt, sulphur, and mercury. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38824iPart of: Splendor solis- Pictures
King Henri IV after his assassination is taken up to Olympus and received by the gods; France awards the regency to his widow Marie de' Medici. Engraving by G. Duchange, 1708, after J.M. Nattier after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [1708?]Reference: 3069527iPart of: Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.- Pictures
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Mercury lies dying from cholera, surrounded by ministers; representing the sickly state of the French economy in the 1830s. Coloured etching, c. 1832.
Date: [1832]Reference: 16429i- Pictures
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Mercury, an agent of the Terror, carries Capucin Chabot naked towards a furnace; recording the turnover of human life during the Terror in the French Revolution. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1794.
Date: 1794Reference: 16028i- Pictures
Mercury (Hermes) god of trade, standing next to a monument adorned with portraits of six English merchants in roundels. Engraving by T. Milton, 1806, after R. Smirke.
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845.Date: 1 Jan.y 1806Reference: 2870657i- Pictures
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The Thames as a gateway to foreign trade routes. Etching by J. Barry, 1791.
Barry, James, 1741-1806.Date: May 1 1791Reference: 12117i- Books
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Martianus Capella and the seven liberal arts.
Date: 1971-1977- Books
The mercurian monarch : magical politics from Spenser to Pope / Douglas Brooks-Davies.
Brooks-Davies, Douglas.Date: [1983], ©1983