• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

Mercury About to Kill Argus

• Production Date

  No earlier than October 17, 1818 - Presumably no later than July 24, 1819

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Statue

• Location

  • Germany > Brandenburg > Berlin > Schloss Tegel

• Catalogue Number

  AX453

• Catalogue Level / Collection

  Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (AX)

Motif / Theme

• Human > Giant > Argos / Argus Panoptes
• Human > God > Hermes / Mercury

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