File:Mercury by Hendrick Goltzius.jpg

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| Hendrik Goltzius: Mercury    | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Artist | 
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| Object type | painting  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | mythological painting  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | 
Part of a series of three paintings, depicting Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva, commissioned by Johan Colterman. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depicted people | Mercury  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1611  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 214 cm (84.2 in)  ; width: 120 cm (47.2 in)  ; thickness: 15 cm (5.9 in)  dimensions QS:P2048,+214U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+120U174728 dimensions QS:P2610,+15U174728 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection | 
 institution QS:P195,Q18600731 
 institution QS:P195,Q221092 
 institution QS:P195,Q574961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number | 
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| Place of creation | Haarlem  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history | 1613:  purchased by Johan Colterman (II) (1591-1649), Haarlem (?) 1649:  inherited by Herman Colterman, Hoorn (?) by ca. 1671: Mr. Wibo, Hoornby 1721 date QS:P,+1721-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1721-00-00T00:00:00Z/9: François van Bredenhoff (1648-1721), Huis Oostenhuizen, Hoorn
from 1671 date QS:P,+1671-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1671-00-00T00:00:00Z/9: Huis Oostenhuizen, Hoorn
by 1875 date QS:P,+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z/9: Léon Gauchez (art dealer), Paris 1875:  acquired by the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, Inventory number 44 from 1917 until 2013:  lent to the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Inventory number OS I-96, by the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, through the Dutch state, Inventory number B1133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Monogram and date bottom right:  
 HG / Ao 1611
  on the frame:  
 IN BRUIKLEEN v. h. RIJK.
  on the frame:  
 MERCURIUS.
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| Source/Photographer | rkd.nl : Home : Info | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: 
 
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