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Mercury descends from the heavens for the love of Herse
Lost Art-ID
132381
Artist / Creator
Platzer, Johann Georg
Birth
1704.06.25, St. Michael (Eppan)
Death
1761.12.10, St. Michael (Eppan)
Place of activity
Wien
Title
Mercury descends from the heavens for the love of Herse
Dating
1720/1747
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Metal (Copper) / painted
Height
40.00 cm
Width
59.00 cm
Inventory number
Gal.-Nr. 2099
Description
Between her maidservants Herse is standing with a trophy in her arms. Above her is Mercury, messenger of the gods, who loves her. In the right foreground sacrificing women in front of a temple, whose pillars are decorated with wreaths. Signed centered left: J G Plazer
Provenance
Inventory 1747-1750.
Literature / Source
Literatur: Marx, Harald (Hrsg.). Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden. Illustriertes Gesamtverzeichnis Bd. II, Köln 2005, S. 749.
Abbildung liegt intern vor | Figure available internally::
Gotthard Agath, Johann Georg Platzer, Ein Gesellschaftsmaler des Wiener Rokoko (1704-1761), VEB Verlag der Kunst Dresden, Dresden 1955, Abb. 7; Michael Krapf, Johann Georg Platzer, Der Farbenzauber des Barock, Wien 2014, S. 173.
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