Black and white engraving of Mercury with a winged cap and staff, above three women, one nude, beside a tree, with Latin text below.

Mercury and the Graces, engraving by Agostino Carracci

An engraving in black ink shows the winged god Mercury, with winged cap and caduceus, at upper left, above three female figures: a nude woman seated center, a draped figure kneeling left, and a standing woman at right holding a branch near a tree. A Latin inscription lies along the bottom edge.

Artist: Agostino Carracci
Date: 1589
Medium: Engraving with etching in black ink on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1354 px

Download full size

Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1589).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Bernard F. Rogers, Sr.

16th century renaissance 1580s 1589 engraving etching nude figure classical mythology mercury black ink print caduceus agostino carracci