34 results filtered with: Mercury (Roman deity)

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A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
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Mercury (Hermes) holding the caduceus. Oil painting after Raphael.
RaphaelReference: 44607i- Pictures
The story of Cupid and Psyche: Mercury sent by Jupiter to summon the gods to decide on the marriage of Cupid and Psyche. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1693, after Raphael.
RaphaelDate: 1693Reference: 11601i
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A cart laden with coins in sacks is dragged by a group of devils who are lashed by men armed with whips; representing William Wood's scheme to improve the Irish coinage. Engraving, 1724.
Date: 1724Reference: 575565i
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A red-faced king stands in a red robe, flanked by a queen and the deity Mercury in green clothes; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
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Philemon and Baucis providing food and shelter for Jupiter [Zeus] and Mercury [Hermes] who are disguised as travellers. Engraving after Sir P.P. Rubens.
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Minerva, as goddess of the arts, shaking hands with Italia; behind them Mercury, the messenger god. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1789, after Burney.
Date: 31 Jan[uar]y 1789Reference: 39070i- Pictures
Investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720 are incited by Jupiter, judged by Apollo, punished by Hercules, and deported to Hades. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812445i- Pictures
The story of Cupid and Psyche: Mercury escorting Psyche to her marriage. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1693, after Raphael.
RaphaelDate: 1693Reference: 11604i- Pictures
The god Mercury (Hermes) with a cock. Engraving by E. Delaune, c. 1560.
Étienne DelauneDate: 1560Reference: 25873i
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The birth of Cupid from Venus, Mercury flies above them and nymphs aid them. Line engraving by W. Cooke, 1807, after E. Le Sueur.
Eustache Le SueurDate: 1807Reference: 17254i- Pictures
Mercury (Hermes). Etching by G. Scotin after R. Dalton, 1746.
Richard DaltonDate: 20 March 1746Reference: 663986i
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The magi sheltering in a cave on the way to Bethlehem; here representing mercury converted into sulphur, at the moment of its fixation in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, 17th century.
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At the request of John Law, Deception blinds the world, thus obscuring the disastrous consequences of Law's financial schemes. Etching by Pieter van den Berge, 1720.
Berge, Pieter van den, active 1689-1737.Date: [1720?]Reference: 814387i
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Mercury (Hermes) offering a golden apple to Paris. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
Annibale CarracciDate: [between 1670 and 1679?]Reference: 11618iPart of: Paintings by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Etchings by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
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A garden pond with nine large exotic birds, two potted plants and a statue of Mercury. Etching by J. G. Thelott, 18th century, after S. Kleiner.
Salomon KleinerDate: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 26641i- Pictures
Cupid and Mercury (Hermes). Etching after B. Luti, 17--.
Benedetto LutiDate: [between 1700 and 1799?]Reference: 2200282i
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Mercury lies dying from cholera, surrounded by ministers; representing the sickly state of the French economy in the 1830s. Coloured etching, c. 1832.
Date: [1832]Reference: 16429i
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Mercury (Hermes): the Roman god. Photograph by Alinari.
Date: 1870Reference: 576660i
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The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.
Vanloo, le pere.Date: 1744Reference: 29091i- Pictures
Bombario as Aesop mocks monkeys eating cabbage, who represent investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 814377i
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Mercury discovering the caduceus. Photographic postcard by Neurdein frères after A. Idrac, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2045569iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Mercury in his chariot, riding across the heavens. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.
Maerten de VosReference: 46361i- Pictures
Jupiter as the god of the sky and Mercury as the god of trade pass over the land on a cloud; below, men engaged in speculative share dealings in the Dutch share boom of 1720. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 2500242i- Pictures
The flying figure of Mercury holding the legend of the Freeholder magazine. Etching by J. Lodge after O. Neale.
Neale, O.Reference: 27272i