Venus and Mercury

INV-2685

Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628) after Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546–1611)

c. 1600

printpaper

Date

c. 1600

Medium

Engraving on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 39.9 × 27.8 cm (15 3/4 × 11 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

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