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Plate 18: Mercury Falling in love with Herse (Mercurius Herses amore accenditur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'click to zoom
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Plate 18: Mercury Falling in love with Herse (Mercurius Herses amore accenditur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

Antonio Tempesta
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 12 13/16 x 20 1/2 in. (32.5 x 52 cm) plate: 4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (10.5 x 12 cm)
Department
Drawings and Prints
Classification
Prints
Dated
1606
Pixels
1598 × 1414
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Antonio Tempesta. Plate 18: Mercury Falling in love with Herse (Mercurius Herses amore accenditur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', 1606. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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