Carel Fabritius

Mercury, Argus and Io



Carel Fabritius - Mercury, Argus and Io



Carel Fabritius
Mercury, Argus and Io
c. 1645-47
73.5 x 104 cm.
Oil on canvas
Signed left, behind Argus' back: Carolus fabritius
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Gift of the Ahmanson Foundation


Related works

Copy:

Jean-Honoré Fragonard - Mercury and Argus after Carel Fabritius
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Mercury and Argus after Carel Fabritius
1760s

Exhibitions

2004 Carel Fabritius 1622-1654, Nr. 5 info

Provenance

De Lebzeltern Collection, Naples and Moscow
sale Sotheby's, Monaco, 22 June 1985, nr. 147
with Galerie Bruno Meissner, Zurich and Richard Feigen, New York
purchased by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990
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External links

RKD 63940
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Accession number M.90.20

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Formerly attributed to Carel Fabritius Man in a Helmet
Man in a Helmet

Carel Fabritius Hagar and the Angel
Hagar and the Angel
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Carel Fabritius Mercury and Aglauros
Mercury and Aglauros
c. 1656-47

Carel Fabritius Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait
1654

Carel Fabritius The Sentry
The Sentry
1654