Mercury delivering a Message to Jupiter and Juno with Neptune in attendance (from an Antique Relief in the Museo Angelonio)
Francis Hayman, RA (Exeter 1708 – London 1776)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1720 - 1776
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
914 x 914 mm (36 x 26 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 355565
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Mercury delivering a message to Jupiter and Juno with Neptune in attendance, by Francis Hayman RA (Exeter 1708 – London 1776). One of 5 pink grisailles. Derived from an engraving by Pietro Santo Bartoli, 'Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum Monumenta' (1693), fig. 27 which is derived from a relief in the Museo Angelonio (Bellori's house in Rome).
Credit line
Blickling Hall, The Lothian Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Francis Hayman, RA (Exeter 1708 – London 1776), artist