Mercury, Argus and Io
1659
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
1659
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
Mercury, Argus and Io is a 1659 unspecified by Unknown, a Flemish Baroque painting work, held at Rijksmuseum.
You see a man with a sword checking if another man is asleep, while a cow watches nearby. This painting copies a lost work by Peter Paul Rubens. The original was destroyed in a fire, so this version is all we have left. The cow is actually a woman named Io, turned into an animal by the gods—a strange story from old myths. To see more paintings like this, visit the Rijksmuseum.
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