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Salvator ROSA
Romantic landscape with Mercury and Argus
(c. 1655-1660)
Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
123.5 × 203.4 cm
Inscription
inscribed in black paint (on rock under Mercury)
l.c.l.:
SR (monogram)
Accession Number
2883-4
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols
Human Figures
Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
cattle
cliffs
Mercury and Argus (Greco-Roman narrative)
rivers
shepherds
sleeping
trees
wind instruments
Frame
Salvator Rosa style, surface not original
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