Mercury (Hermes) holding the caduceus. Oil painting after Raphael.

  • Raphael, 1483-1520.
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Mercury (Hermes) holding the caduceus. Oil painting after Raphael. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 painting : oil on glass ; sight 84.7 x 47.8 cm

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Forms a pair with : Chemistry. (Wcat)44608i

Reference

Wellcome Collection 44607i

Reproduction note

Based on a depiction of Mercury by Raphael in a fresco in the Villa Farnesina, Rome (the fifth in a sequence of frescoes in the villa). Mercury holds in his hand a caduceus instead of the trumpet depicted by Raphael, and the composition is here reversed

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The painting forms a pair with a painting of chemistry or pharmacy depicted as a woman holding a retort (Wellcome Library no. 44608i)

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