Mercury and Io, by W. Ossenbeck, 1632
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Mercury and Io

Also titled Mercurius en Io

W. Ossenbeck

1632

Medium
panel, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
frame: depth 9.2 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
Dupper Wzn. Bequest, Dordrecht
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

Mercurius en Io. De door Juno in een koe veranderde Io wordt door Mercurius bij haar vader Inachus teruggebracht. Links een kudde koeien, rechts twee paarden. Bij de voeten van Inachus zit een hondje.