Mercury sent by Jupiter to cut of Argos's head

Jupiter sending Mercury to kill Argus

Note that the work cited here is only a possible match with the seventeenth-century record

Van der Doort c.1639

Walpole Society reference (1960):

WS 97, № 3

Measurements (Van der Doort):

7½in x 0in (19 x 0cm)

Frame:

round black frame

Provenance:

Lord Cottington

Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:

Gift

Notes:

Group of 7 round pieces all from Ovid

Hang notes:

Side of the middle window

Location:

Room description extended:

One of the 35 Bronze bass-reliefs all set in round or square black frames from Lord Cottington within the last three years to give to your majesty

Original Manuscript page number:

Windsor MS., f. 34 and V&A MS, f. 45, no 36 (WS 213)

Interpreting the text:

The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript

Identification certainty:

Possible