# Mercury

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BALDINI, Baccio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baldini-baccio-r6bd89203b60e5e>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Engraving, 324 x 220 mm

## Commentary

The artist has placed this imaginary scene before the actual main civil piazza of Florence. In the background on the left is the crenellated façade of the Palazzo della Signoria and the now destroyed church of San Piero Scheraggio, and in the centre background is the Loggia della Signoria.

## Related artworks

- [Inferno I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baldini-baccio-r6bd89203b60e5e/inferno-i-r4ed2c321ca29b2>)
- [Mercury on a Triumphal Car](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baldini-baccio-r6bd89203b60e5e/mercury-on-a-triumphal-car-r7ca08f9375ed61>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)