Wine jug (one of a pair)
Unknown
ca. 1680 · Faience (tin-glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
This jug and its mate (1985.181.1) are decorated with scenes from classical mythology. Here, Mercury, commanded by the goddess Hera, prepares to behead Argus, the hundred-eyed guardian of Io, a maiden beloved of Zeus, Hera's husband.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1680
- Medium
- Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)
- Culture
- French, Nevers
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Purchase, The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, Gift of Irwin Untermyer, by exchange, Rogers Fund, and Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, by exchange, 1985
