Claude Gellée dit LE LORRAIN
1600 - 1682
Mercure et Argus
1662
Original etching
163 × 221 mm, cut at the edge of the copper mark
Fine impression of the second state A (of 3), before the scuff under Argus’s knee, weakened oblique fold near the right edge, the three corners redone, remnants of sticker on the verso of the upper corners, small restored tear on the lower edge
Watermark: Horse galloping in a crowned shield (Manocci 36)
Reference: Manocci 42 iiA/iii