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Herman van Swanevelt
Battus Transformed into Stone by Mercury1629-1641

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Engraving of a wooded landscape with two figures and a donkey on a path beside water, large trees at right, rolling hills in the distance

Herman van Swanevelt, Battus Transformed into Stone by Mercury, 1629-1641, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Graphic Arts Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Herman van Swanevelt
Title
Battus Transformed into Stone by Mercury
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1629-1641
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (19.69 × 26.67 cm) Image: 7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in. (19.05 × 26.35 cm)
Credit Line
Graphic Arts Council Fund
Accession Number
M.70.43.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.
  • Dutuit, M. Eugene. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris: A. Levy, 1884-85.