Mercury, Argus and Io, after c. 1659
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Mercury, Argus and Io

Also titled Mercurius, Argus en Io

after c. 1659

Medium
panel, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
support: height 32 cm x width 49.1 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
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, Argus en Io. Mercurius controleert met de zwaard in hand of de herder Argus echt in slaap is gevallen, links Io in de gedaante van een koe.