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The etching shows a landscape with two figures near a body of water, a boat with a figure on the water, lush vegetation, trees, mountains, clouds, rolling hills, and buildings near the water. The etching is detailed and precise, using lines and cross-hatching for texture and depth. The monochromatic palette highlights the interplay of light and shadow.
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The etching shows a landscape with two figures near a body of water, a boat with a figure on the water, lush vegetation, trees, mountains, clouds, rolling hills, and buildings near the water. The etching is detailed and precise, using lines and cross-hatching for texture and depth. The monochromatic palette highlights the interplay of light and shadow.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Man Showing Mercury the Eagle of Jupiter

Crescenzio Onofri

Date
1696
Medium
etching
Dimensions
plate: 31.8 x 44.8 cm (12 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.) sheet: 35.4 x 49.7 cm (13 15/16 x 19 9/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1985.3.18
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Italian
  • etching
  • Landscape
  • classical
  • mythology
  • Mercury
  • Jupiter
Inscription

across bottom in plate: In oedibus Marchionis Caroli Theoduli Oppidi Sancti Viti pinxit et oere incidit Crescentius de Hunufrys; later hand on verso:ST8384L155 / B.12 /94/

NGA object ID 65807. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.