print
- Museum number
- 1951,1006.29
- Title
- Object: La Vigilance avec ses symboles, et Mercure comme le plus vigilant des dieux (Vigilance with its symbols, and Mercury, the most vigilant among the gods)
- Description
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Ceiling painting: main composition representing Mercury, Vigilance personified reclining beside a rooster, and Pegasus, among clouds; the composition is set in an ornate border, with three trompe l'oeil lunettes inhabited by putti engaged in artistic activities, and two allegorical figures seated beside trophies. 1684/96
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1684-1696
- Dimensions
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Height: 748 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 513 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1917,1208.2206 for comment.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1951
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1951,1006.29
