Venus and Mercury
1600
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1600
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The painting shows Venus and Mercury in a scene. It's an engraving, which is a technique where a design is cut into a metal plate. The artist, Jan Muller, made this engraving around 1600, and it's interesting because engravings like this were often used to make many copies of a design, which helped spread art to more people. You can learn more about this technique by looking into engraving.
