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LABRUZZI, Carlo (1748-1817). (Hermes playing the flute for Argos). 178? Drawing in brown ink and wash. 290 x 190. Signed and dated in lower right corner. (Glued to a passepartout, browned/foxed).
In the Greek myth, the god Hermes lulled the hundred-eyed giant Argus to sleep by playing a somniferous tune on his flute or syrinx. While Argus was sleeping, Hermes cut off his head (he has his dagger in his left hand?), freeing Io, who was being guarded by the giant. As a reward, the goddess Hera placed Argus's hundred eyes on the tail feathers of her sacred bird, the peacock. - Labruzzi, watercolourist and etcher of Roman antiquities; born in Rome, died in Perugia.€ 240
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