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Mercury and Argus

painting from Jacob Jordaens (1620)
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Summary

Mercury and Argus is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mercury and Argus is the creator of Jacob Jordaens[3].
  • Mercury and Argus is in the country of France[4].
  • Mercury and Argus's instance of is recorded as painting[5].
  • Mercury and Argus's genre is mythological painting[6].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts is recorded as cattle[7].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts is recorded as Mercury[8].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts is recorded as Argus[9].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts is recorded as Io[10].
  • Mercury and Argus is made of oil paint[11].
  • Mercury and Argus is made of canvas[12].
  • Mercury and Argus's collection is recorded as Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon[13].
  • Mercury and Argus's inventory number is recorded as H-679[14].
  • Mercury and Argus took place at Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon[15].
  • 1620 marks the founding of Mercury and Argus[16].
  • Mercury and Argus was released on January 1, 1620[17].
  • Mercury and Argus's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 45.766924, 'longitude': 4.833553}[18].
  • Mercury and Argus's main subject is Mercury and Argus[19].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 47I221[20].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 9[21].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 31E23621[22].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 34B11[23].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 97CC64[24].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 47I2112[25].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 97CC641[26].
  • Mercury and Argus's title is recorded as Mercurius maakt zich op Argus te onthoofden (Ovidius, Met. I, 568-723)[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Mercury and Argus is the creator of Jacob Jordaens[3].

Publication

Mercury and Argus was published on January 1, 1620[17]. Its genre is mythological painting[6].

Subject and Themes

Mercury and Argus's main subject is it[19].

Material and Period

Recorded made from material include oil paint[11] and canvas[12]. Mercury and Argus took place at Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon[15].

Why It Matters

Mercury and Argus ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month).[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

France Jacob Jordaens Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · ~2026-48845-07 · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicts → cattle, Mercury, Argus +1
    Collection → Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
    Instance of → painting
    Creator → Jacob Jordaens
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Depicts: Io"
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