MERCURY
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1526
Materials
Ink engraving on paper
Measurements
208 x 107 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.19
Summary
(Folio 6, recto, upper left print) Mercury standing in a niche playing his pipes, with the severed head of an old man and a sword at his feet. From Mythological Gods and Goddesses.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1771 and thence by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley and given to NT as part of the Endowment following transfer in 1957.
Makers and roles
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540), creator Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher Giovanni Jacapo Caraglio, creator