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Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus

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Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus | 1992.2
 
  Title:Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus
Maker:Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641 - 1711)
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurements: Framed: 118.5cm x 140cm x 9cm, Unframed: 91.4cm x 113.7cm
Date:c. 1670
Classification: painting
Acquisition: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Location: Gallery 4 | Dutch Art: Art for the Market, 1600–1700

Accession Number:1992.2
Department: European Paintings and Sculpture
Inscription: inscription with a dedication " Dno. Francisco Dusi Pictori eximio de se optime merito, Geradus Lariesse beneficiorum non immemor D.D.D"

third " Fortior est qui se quam qui fortissma vincit moenia" replacing previous dedication

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