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Mercury and Aglauros

Giovanni Battista Naldini , 1566

Mercury and Aglauros, by Giovanni Battista Naldini, chalk, 1566
Mercury and Aglauros, by Giovanni Battista Naldini, chalk, 1566

Mercury and Aglauros is a chalk drawing by the Renaissance artist Giovanni Battista Naldini. It dates from 1566 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

Inscription
Inscribed:Verso, upper center in graphite: Pontormo Early; at center, 140 in a rectangle (oriented vertically); lower center, in another hand, Pontormo; lower left in pen and brown ink, three initials, R. E. P.(?); below that in another hand, c//964; and in the lower left corner in graphite, T. At lower right in graphite, AK; at lower right on a diamond-shaped piece of paper, glued onto the verso, in ballpoint(?): 275

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This drawing, Mercury and Aglauros, is a work by Giovanni Battista Naldini, executed around 1566 in red chalk on laid paper.

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Who painted Mercury and Aglauros?

Mercury and Aglauros was painted by Giovanni Battista Naldini in 1566.

Where can I see Mercury and Aglauros?

Mercury and Aglauros is held by National Gallery of Art.

What movement is Mercury and Aglauros?

Mercury and Aglauros is associated with Renaissance.

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