François Ragot (fl. 1630s-1670), after Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) published by Antoine Trouvain (1652?-1708)
Antique print, engraving | Mercury and Argus, published ca. 1700, 1 p.
Mercury seated beside the sleeping Argus drawing his sword, while four cows graze behind him and a dog sits in the foreground; after Jacob Jordaens.
Inscribed at bottom in Latin and French: Centum oculos Argus vigili cercice gerebat,…
With the address of the publisher: Gravé par François Ragot, et se vendent a Paris Chez A. Trouvain sue S.t Jacques au G.d Monarque. Avec privilege du Roy.
The address was clearly modified, therefore the publication has to be postbponed to the end of the seventeenth century, when Antoine Trouvain (1652?-1708) was active.
[NL] Argus valt in slaap en Mercurius grijpt naar zijn zwaard om de als herder geklede man te doden. Achter hen staan koeien waaronder de witte koe Io. Antieke gravure door François Ragot .
€ 242,00 (€ 200,00 ex. btw)