Mercury Delivers the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs
ca. 1789–90
Etching, proof impression, partly reworked in graphite
49.7 × 64.1 cm (19.6 × 25.2 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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