Mercury, Roman god of communication in winged hat

Mercury, Roman god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication, luck, trickery and thieves. In winged hat or petasos. Hermes in greek. Mercurius. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

18th Century Antique Images Deorum Et Heroum Eloquence Gods And Heroes Greek Myth Henricus Spoor Hermes Medallion Men And Women Mercurius Mercury Messages Pieter Bodart Roman God Roman Myth Trickery

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > FLO