Print, Title Page and Alcove with Mercury Approaching Herse’s Bed, 1658–1703

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Le Pautre and published by Nicolas Langlois and print maker: Jean Le Pautre. It is dated 1658–1703 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 19.1 × 26.3 cm (7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.) Platemark: 16.6 × 22.3 cm (6 9/16 × 8 3/4 in.) Image: 16.1 × 21.5 cm (6 5/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower center: a Paris chez N. Langlois rue St. Jacques a la Victoire avec Privil. du Roy

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower left and right: Mercure estant venu voir a son ordinaire label et charmante Herse don’t il estoit passionement / a Moureaux A glaure jalouse du bonheur de sa sœur [---] voulut empescher l’entrée mais pour punir sa temerité / ce Dieu layant frappée de sa verge la conuertit en une masse de pierre noirastre et liuide pour marque de l’enuie qui la rongeoit / au-dedans Metam 1.2; lettered in lower center : Alcoves a la Romaine / Nouvellement Inventez et / Gravez par J. le Pautre; inscribed in graphite lower right margin : V/ 61,1

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