print
- Museum number
- Sheepshanks.6823
- Title
- Series: The theft of Apollo's cattle
- Description
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Battus revealing the hiding place of Apollo's herd to Mercury; Battus pointing to left as he is seated on a rock below a ledge and in front of his herd of cattle and horses; Mercury partially covered by one of the cows at centre, looking to left; from a series of three plates.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1610-1647
- Dimensions
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Height: 125 millimetres
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Width: 148 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is one from a series of three, for comment on the series see S.2961. This is second state, for comment and an impression of first state see S.2963.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Acquisition notes
- For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Sheepshanks.6823
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: S.6823