Mercury and the Three Graces; the Grace at right kneels to recieve a rose from the Grace at center, the third Grace leans on a die, Mercury behind the group
The sheet has been trimmed to image. According to the catalogue raisonné (DeGrazia Bohlin 1979) there was an inscription in the margin that read: 'Spectator si scire cupis quid picta tabella est, Est Iouis et Maiae filius, et Charites'.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mercury and the Three Graces; the Grace at right kneels to recieve a rose from the Grace at center, the third Grace leans on a die, Mercury behind the group
- Artist: Agostino Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1557–1602 Parma)
- Artist: After Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (Italian, Venice 1518/19–1594 Venice)
- Date: 1589
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 7 7/16 × 9 11/16 in. (18.9 × 24.6 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962
- Object Number: 62.635.779
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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