id:			106387
accession number:	1924.432.42
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.432.42
updated:		2022-01-04 15:00:38.393000

Mercury (from the Tarocchi, series A:  Firmaments of the Universe, #42), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.432.42

title:				Mercury (from the Tarocchi, series A:  Firmaments of the Universe, #42)
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creation date:			before 1467
creation date earliest:		1457
creation date latest:		1467
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Italy, Ferrara, 15th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hind E.I. 42a

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CREATORS

* Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century)  - artist

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	inscription:	Lettered below the image of Mercurio (Mercury): A / ·MERCURIO XXXXII· / [42]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Italian and German Prints of the 15th Century
	opening date:   1933-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Italian and German Prints of the 15th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29, 1933-January 3, 1934).

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digital description: 
This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “A”, and named <em>Firmaments of the Universe</em>. This series comprises the seven planets from the classical astronomy (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) and the three celestial spheres that separate them from the Supreme Entity <em>(Prima Causa</em>) from which everything was originated. <br><br>Here, <em>Mercurio </em>(Mercury) is personified as a full-length male figure, in profile to the left, while blowing a flute. Mercury appears as Hermes, the Greek messenger of gods. In his right hand holds up a <em>caduceus</em>, a herald staff at the top of which are two intertwined winged snakes. He also wears a <em>petasos </em>and a pair of <em>talaria</em>, respectively winged hat and shoes. At his feet is a cock—animal sacred to him—and the decapitated full-eyed head of Argo. Mercury was believed to be both the son of Saturn and the brother of Jupiter, and the second in the order of planets.

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