The daughters of Aglaura (Mercury and Herse)
Adam Elsheimer|Wenceslaus Hollar
ca. 1646
Medium
Etching, only state
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 1/4 × 3 13/16 in. (8.2 × 9.7 cm) cut outside borderline
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.18-150
Tags
AnimalsWomenMercuryTrees
About the Artist
Adam Elsheimer|Wenceslaus Hollar · 1578–1610
Elsheimer's meticulously detailed small paintings on copper would establish him as the most influential artist to follow Albrecht Dürer. He most likely arrived in Italy ca. 1598, where he quite possibly was associated with Hans Rottenhammer, and then moved to Rome in 1600, where he remained until his death. Comment on works: Landscapes; Religious.