Mercury and the Three Graces
after Jacopo Tintoretto (Venice 1518 - Venice 1594)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1589
Materials
Ink on paper engraving.
Measurements
203 x 259 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.38
Summary
(Folio 14, recto, lower print) Mercury and the Three Graces. to right, one of the Graces kneeling on the ground and receiving a rose from a second Grace in centre, with the third Grace leaning on a die and with Mercury standing behind
Marks and inscriptions
Spectator si scire cupis quid picta tabella est, Est louvis filius, et Charites / Esr louis et Maiae silius, et Charites ; lower right in plate reads Lacobus Tinctorestus pixit.
Makers and roles
after Jacopo Tintoretto (Venice 1518 - Venice 1594), creator Agostino Carracci (Bologna 1557 - Parma 1602), creator