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Drawing, Jupiter Sending Mercury to Priam

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1590–1620 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 22.3 × 15.9 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: half of a six-pointed star and point of an oblique arrow

Cite this object as

Drawing, Jupiter Sending Mercury to Priam; Italy; black chalk, pen and ink on paper; H x W: 22.3 × 15.9 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-49

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