Artist: Hans Bol (Dutch, 1534-1593), painter and etcher.
Engraver: Monogrammist HB.
Title: Landscape with Mercury and Argus. After Metamorphosis by Ovid.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: HBol inuen; HB scu; Egid: Sadler Excud: Pragae; 1601.
Dimensions: 7 3/4" x 10 1/2".
Publisher: Aegidius Sadeler (II).
Date: 1601.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: margins trimmed to the borderline, old hinges verso. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The Rijksmuseum RP-P-1969-169.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Dutch School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the Rijksmuseum collection.