Mercury (Hermes). Etching by G. Scotin after R. Dalton, 1746.

  • Richard Dalton
Date:
20 March 1746
Reference:
663986i
Part of:
Ancient sculptures in Rome and Florence. Etchings by and after Richard Dalton, 174-.
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About this work

Description

The sculpture of Mercury placed in the Belvedere of the Vatican from 1536 and in Florence from 1568 (initially in Palazzo Pitti and subsequently in the Uffizi): Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 20 March 1746.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 54.3 x 29.6 cm

Lettering

Mercurius e musaeo mediceo. To Charles Delafaye Esq.r this plate is humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient servant, Rich.d Dalton. R. Dalton del. ; G. Scotin sculp.

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 266-267, no. 61 (no mention of this print)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663986i

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