Mercury and Argus
17th century
Artists
Dimensions
7.1 × 6.5 cm (2 13/16 × 2 9/16 in.) mount: 8.4 × 7.7 cm (3 5/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.
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