"Mercury Painting - Argus - Io After Salvator Rosa "
At the Cardiff Museum (Wales) it is possible to see the painting by Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) which inspired this painting made after the engraving of 1768 made by Carlier. This canvas was painted between 1768 and 1800 by a painter who remains unknown. Good condition, old relining; With a period frame which hides the edges of the painting. Frame 64.5 cm X 75 cm In a landscape of mountains and forests, at the edge of a lake, Mercury puts Argus to sleep to the sound of his flute, to free Io, transformed into a cow by Jupiter. 
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