Mercury plays flute for Argus, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), after Hendrick Goltzius, 1589 print Mercury plays on his whistle for the hundred -eyed Argus, who guarded the cow io io on behalf of Juno. Two times two lines of Latin text under the performance. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that represent stories from Ovid's metamorphoses. This series falls into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series. Haarlem paper engraving Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making music

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