Mercury Collection (page 5)

Io changed into a cow: Mercury cuts off Argus head, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Io changed into a cow: Mercury cuts off Argus head, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Mercury and the Ox, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
Mercury and the Ox, 1757. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris, 1757. Private Collection

Mural of Mercury, Pompeii, Italy. Erotic portrait of a figure with an erection

Mercury, 1580. Artist: Giambologna
Mercury, 1580. Found in the collection of the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy

Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas, 1850. Artist: JMW Turner
Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas, 1850. The first of a series of four paintings by Turner depicting Virgils story of Aeneas and Dido. From the Tate Gallery, London

Mercury and Argus, c1659. Artist: Diego Velazquez
Mercury and Argus, c1659. From the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Making beaver hats, 1841. Although called beaver hats, a certain amount beaver fur was only used in the most expensive examples. In most others, rabbit fur was used

Making beaver hats, 1835. Although called beaver hats, a certain amount of beaver fur was only used in the most expensive examples. In most others, rabbit fur was used

Lavoisiers investigation of the existence of oxygen in the air, late 18th century, (1894). French chemist Antoine Lavoisiers (1743-1794) experiment to demonstrate the existence of oxygen

Ebenezer Sibly, British astrologer and physician, late 18th century. The vignette beneath the portrait shows a physician taking a patients pulse by the wayside

Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873)
Evangelista Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873). Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist and mathematician

Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist, inventing the mercury barometer, 1643 (1873)
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician, inventing the mercury barometer, 1643 (1873). Torricelli (1608-1647)

Von Guerickes water barometer, 1672. Fig I: details of parts; Fig II: complete barometer; Fig III: apparatus for the investigation of the weight of air; Fig IV: details of indicator

Blaise Pascal, 17th century French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher, 1878. Pascal (1623-1662) carrying out experiments with a mercury barometer on the tower of St

Experimental barometers used by the Accademia dell Cimento, Florence, Italy, 1691. Closed tube with mercury (left) and double water barometer (right)

Making beaver hats, 1750. Although called beaver, little or no beaver fur was used. According to quality, nap on felt fabric was made of mixtures of beaver, musquash or rabbit fur, and cotton wool

Mercury (Hermes) holding a purse (as bringer of good fortune), Roman, 1st century. British Museum

Mercury holding a purse, carrying a travellers cloak. Roman brronze, 1st century. Mercury is also the God Hermes, the purse is symbollic of a bringer of good fortune

Roman bronze statuette of Mercury carrying a purse, a symbol of good fortune and wealth, and wears a travellers cloak and winged hat. From the British Museums collection

Relief showing the Celtic god Cernunnos
Romano-Celtic relief showing Cernunnos, the Celtic horned god, from Rhiems. Note the rat, associated with his cult, also the bull and deer

The Richelieu Mercury, 2nd century
A statue of the Greek god Hermes. A Roman copy of a 4th century Greek original, from the Louvres collection, 2nd century

Mercury on a fountain in a street, Pompeii, Italy

Hermes, Greek god. Marble statue of Hermes (Mercury in the Roman pantheon), messenger of the gods, god of roads and travellers, holding his caduceus or heralds staff

The Eleventh Key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk and alchemist, 1651
The eleventh key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk and alchemist, 1651. Symbolising multiplication, two lions represent sulphur consumed by mercury being transformed

Alchemical symbol representing the transmutation of base metal into silver and gold, 1652. The transmutation of base metal (Earth at bottom) into gold (Sun) and silver (Moon)

The Hermetic Androgyne, late 17th century. Miniature from a German manuscript. King=Sun=Gold, Queen=Moon=Silver, Dragon=Mercury=Volatility and so transmutation

Hat Maker. Manufacture of beaver hats by felting material in a kettle (background) and blocking (shaping) the hat and brushing the pile. Although called beaver, little or no beaver fur was used

Mercury, 1531. Artist: Sebald Beham
Mercury, 1531. Male planet, dry and passive; those born under Mercury eloquent, inventive and love science, especially mathematics, and were tall, slender and delicate

Statue of Hermes, 2nd century. After a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century BC. The Roman equivalent of Hermes, the messenger of the Gods, was Mercury

Head of Hermes, early 2nd century. Roman, after the Greek original of the 430s-420s BC. The Roman equivalent of Hermes, the messenger of the Gods, was Mercury

Herm of Hermes. Roman, after a Greek original by Alkamenes of c450-c440 BC. The Roman equivalent of Hermes, the messenger of the Gods, was Mercury, Found in the collection of The Hermitage

Mercurii Templum (Views of Ancient Roman Temples and Arches), 1535-40. 1535-40. Creator: Anon
Mercurii Templum (Views of Ancient Roman Temples and Arches), 1535-40

Mercurii Templum, from a Series of 24 Depicting (Reconstructed) Buildings fro... Plate ca. 1530-50. Creator: Anon
Mercurii Templum, from a Series of 24 Depicting (Reconstructed) Buildings from Roman Antiquity, Plate ca. 1530-50

Mercury Presenting a Panpipe to Minerva. Creator: Giulio Bonasone
Mercury Presenting a Panpipe to Minerva

Mercurius, from Planets, plate 6, 1530-70. Creator: Giulio Bonasone
Mercurius, from Planets, plate 6, 1530-70

Trade Card for W. E. Vaughan, Printseller & Restorer, 18th century
Trade Card for W.E. Vaughan, Printseller & Restorer, 18th century

Mercury and Argos, from Game of Mythology (Jeu de la Mythologie), 1644

Gathering of various Olympian gods and mythological figures among clouds, Apollo at center with his lyre, Vulcan, Mercury, Hercules, and Hermes to right, various figures below

In Memory of P. FR. Basan, an engraving for the catalogue of the collection of P. -F
In Memory of P. FR. Basan, an engraving for the catalogue of the collection of P.-F. Basan, 1798

Venus and Nymphs Bathing, 1543. Creator: Antonio Fantuzzi
Venus and Nymphs Bathing, 1543

Apollo, Mercury, and the Shepherdesses, Fable X in La Motte, Fables Nouvelles, 1719

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