Category:Mercury as personification of painting (Goltzius)

**Mercury**
	painting by Hendrick Goltzius
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Instance of	painting;
Main subject	Mercury;
Depicts	Mercury
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	mythological painting;
Location	Frans Hals Museum; Mauritshuis;
Creator	Hendrik Goltzius;
Collection	Frans Hals Museum (1917–); Mauritshuis (1875–); Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection; Mauritshuis; Frans Hals Museum;
Inventory number	os I-96 (Frans Hals Museum); B1133 (Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection); 44 (Mauritshuis);
Inception	1611;
Width	143 cm; 120 cm;
Height	238 cm; 214 cm;
Authority file
	Q28100372;
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Mercury as personification of painting (Goltzius)

Hendrik Goltzius: Mercury

Artist



Alternative names	Hendrick Goltius, Hendrick Goltz, Hendrick Golzius, Hendrick van Bracht, Hendricus Goltzius, Henricus Goltzius, Hendrick Gols, Hendrik Gols, Hendrik Goltz, Hendrik Goltius, Henrik Golzius
Description	Dutch printmaker, painter, drawer and publisher
Date of birth/death	February 1558	1 January 1617
Location of birth/death	Bracht, Brüggen	Haarlem
Work period	1577-1617
Work location	Duisburg (1561), Haarlem (1577-1590), Italy (1590-1591), Haarlem (August 1591-1617)
Authority file	: Q165367 VIAF: 19737376 ISNI: 0000000080985671 ULAN: 500023327 LCCN: n50034471 NLA: 35132597 WGA: g/goltzius Open Library: OL560560A DBNL: golt002 GND: 118540610 SELIBR: 210429 SUDOC: 031506682 BNF: 122708353 BPN: 01130062 BIBSYS: 90683499 NKC: jn20010525237 BNE: XX895006 CiNii: DA08921923 NLP: a0000001917327 KulturNav: c45ed317-c67d-46cb-b338-8fab83d7a35c RKD: 32515 J9U: 987007271659105171 Koninklijke: 06889015X WorldCat

Title

Mercury

Object type

painting

Genre

mythological painting

Description

Part of a series of three paintings, depicting Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva, commissioned by Johan Colterman.

Depicted people

Mercury

Date

1611

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 214 cm (84.2 in)

; width: 120 cm (47.2 in)

; thickness: 15 cm (5.9 in)

Collection

Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection

	Parent institution	Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
	Location	Visseringlaan 3, Rijswijk
	Coordinates	52° 02′ 18″ N, 4° 20′ 03″ E
	Website	beeldbank.cultureelerfgoed.nl
	Authority file	: Q18600731

Mauritshuis (Inventory)

	Native name	Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
	Location	Korte Vijverberg 8, The Hague
	Coordinates	52° 04′ 49″ N, 4° 18′ 51″ E
	Established	1822
	Website	mauritshuis.nl
	Authority file	: Q221092 VIAF: 134457328 ISNI: 000000012288890X ULAN: 500307433 LCCN: n79026755 GND: 62314-3 WorldCat

Frans Hals Museum

	Native name	Frans Hals Museum
	Location	Groot Heiligland 62 2011 ES Haarlem Netherlands
	Coordinates	52° 22′ 36″ N, 4° 38′ 00″ E
	Established	1913
	Website	www.franshalsmuseum.nl
	Authority file	: Q574961 VIAF: 122700649 ISNI: 000000012259256X ULAN: 500223139 LCCN: n80093418 NLA: 35806977 WorldCat

Accession number

B1133 (Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection)
44 (Mauritshuis)
os I-96 (Frans Hals Museum)

Object history

1613: purchased by Johan Colterman (II) (1591-1649), Haarlem (?)

1649: inherited by Herman Colterman, Hoorn (?)

by ca. 1671: Mr. Wibo, Hoorn

by 1721: François van Bredenhoff (1648-1721), Huis Oostenhuizen, Hoorn from 1671: Huis Oostenhuizen, Hoorn by 1875: Léon Gauchez (art dealer), Paris

1875: acquired by the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, Inventory number 44

from 1917 until 2013: lent to the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Inventory number OS I-96, by the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, through the Dutch state, Inventory number B1133

2013: lent to the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Inventory number OS I-96, by the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague (?)

Inscriptions

Monogram and date bottom right:

HG / A^o 1611

on the frame:

IN BRUIKLEEN v. h. RIJK.

on the frame:

MERCURIUS.

References

Frans Hals Museum online catalogue, as Mercury, 238 × 143 × 15 cm (93.7 × 56.2 × 5.9 in).

Mauritshuis online catalogue, as Mercury, 214 × 120 cm (84.2 × 47.2 in).

RKDimages, Art-work number 671, as Mercury as personification of painting, 214 × 120 cm (84.2 × 47.2 in)