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Summary

Artist Adriaen de Vries (1556-1626)
Description
English: Mercury and Psyche. Bronze, 1593, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II.
Français : Mercure enlevant Psyché? Bronze, 1593, exécuté pour l'empereur Rodolphe II.
Português: Mercúrio levando Psiquê com o vaso de Perséfone para o Olimpo. Bronze, 1593.
Dimensions H. 2.15 m (84 ½ in.), W. 92 cm (36 in.), D. 72 cm (28 ¼ in.)
Department of Sculptures, Denon, ground floor, room 4
Accession number MR 3270
Credit line Taken as war booty by the Sweden troops, 1648; brought to France by Christina of Sweden after her abdication
Source/Photographer Ricardo André Frantz ( User:Tetraktys), 2006 - crop of File:Devries-mercurio&psique5b.jpg

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