Mercury Passing Before the Sun

Mercury Passing Before the Sun (Italian: Mercurio transita davanti al sole or Mercurio (che) passa davanti al sole) is the title of a series of paintings by Italian Futurist painter Giacomo Balla, depicting the November 17, 1914, transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun. Balla, an amateur astronomer, observed the transit through a telescope likely outfitted with a smoked glass filter.