Mercury Appearing to a Marine Deity and a Nymph
1696–1770
Pen and brown ink, brush and pale and dark brown wash, over black chalk and leadpoint (?)
25.9 × 21.3 cm (10.2 × 8.4 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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