Firebacks

  1. 1290

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    335 x 542 mm

    Description: Rectangular, with arch at the top. Above and below acanthus vines. In the middle a landscape with trees and two seated figures; on the left Mercury, playing a flute, a staff over his right shoulder, and at his feet a caduceus; to the right a seated male figure with his left hand supporting his head, in his right hand a stick with which he is supporting himself, behind him a cow, at his feet a dog.

    Notes: A scene from classical mythology.

    Manufactured: in the early-18th century in England.

    Current location: Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Museum number: 15229 (part of the Museum Rotterdam museum group)