Jupiter and Mercury in the Clouds

A pen-and-ink sketch with brown wash shows a figure astride a large winged bird in the upper left, while a second figure in a winged cap strides across the right. Loose clouds fill the lower center and foreground, suggesting an airborne scene.

Artist

Giacinto Gimignani

Date

n.d.

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2422 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection