Caduceus Gallery

Ignorance and Mercury (an allegory of Virtue and Vice), Mercury kneeling at right..., ca

Ignorance and Mercury (an allegory of Virtue and Vice), Mercury kneeling at right holding a staff and taking the hand of a man who emerges from a pile of naked bodies, at left a tree with the torso and head of a woman (Daphne), ca. 1490-1525

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Stucco decoration from a house beneath the Villa Farnesina, Rome, dating from the late 1st C BC

Stucco decoration from a house beneath the Villa Farnesina, Rome, dating from the late 1st C BC. It shows sacred trees and simple shrines. On the right the hand of the statue of Mercury (Hermes) can be seen holding the caduceus. Country of Origin: Italy. Culture: Roman. Date/Period: 1st century BC. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome . Location: 11

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