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Mercury and Argus

painting by Diego Velázquez
VisualArtwork painting Q780930
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Mercury and Argus

Summary

Mercury and Argus is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mercury and Argus is the creator of Diego Velázquez[3].
  • Mercury and Argus's image is recorded as Fábula de Mercurio y Argos, by Diego Velázquez.jpg[4].
  • Mercury and Argus's instance of is recorded as painting[5].
  • Mercury and Argus's movement is recorded as Baroque painting[6].
  • Mercury and Argus's genre is recorded as mythological painting[7].
  • Mercury and Argus's based on is recorded as Greek mythology[8].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts is recorded as Mercury[9].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts is recorded as Argus[10].
  • Mercury and Argus's depicts is recorded as pan flute[11].
  • Mercury and Argus's made from material is recorded as oil paint[12].
  • Mercury and Argus's made from material is recorded as canvas[13].
  • Mercury and Argus's collection is recorded as Museo del Prado[14].
  • Mercury and Argus's inventory number is recorded as P001175[15].
  • Mercury and Argus's location is recorded as Museo del Prado[16].
  • Mercury and Argus's country of origin is recorded as Spain[17].
  • Mercury and Argus's catalog code is recorded as 57[18].
  • Mercury and Argus's catalog code is recorded as 295[19].
  • Mercury and Argus's catalog code is recorded as 1063[20].
  • Mercury and Argus's catalog code is recorded as 1175[21].
  • Mercury and Argus's catalog code is recorded as 127[22].
  • Mercury and Argus's catalog code is recorded as 121[23].
  • +1659-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Mercury and Argus[24].
  • Mercury and Argus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0yd6k5k[25].
  • Mercury and Argus's main subject is recorded as Mercury and Argus[26].
  • Mercury and Argus's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mercury and Argus'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Mercury and Argus is the creator of Diego Velázquez[3].

Why It Matters

Mercury and Argus ranks in the top 7% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Diego Velázquez Museo del Prado public domain Spain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . museodelprado.es. museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . museodelprado.es. museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . museodelprado.es. museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . museodelprado.es. museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . museodelprado.es. museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . museodelprado.es. museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . museodelprado.es. museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . museodelprado.es. museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . museodelprado.es. museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . museodelprado.es. museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . museodelprado.es. museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . commons.wikimedia.org. Retrieved . commons.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . commons.wikimedia.org. Retrieved . commons.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . museodelprado.es. Retrieved . museodelprado.es. Provenance: 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.

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