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Mercury, Herse and Aglauros

1767

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The story

Mercury bribed Aglauros to help him court her sister Herse, but Minerva made her jealous, and when she barred his way he turned her to stone. Shown at the 1767 Salon, it was bought by Gustaf Philip Creutz, the Swedish ambassador in Paris.

Source, Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Object details

Title: Mercury, Herse and Aglauros
Artist: Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
Date: 1767
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain (PD-Art, PD-old-100; Commons CC PD Mark).
Object number: EFA.1074
Original image: 1920 × 1485 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée. Mercury, Herse and Aglauros. 1767. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain (PD-Art, PD-old-100; Commons CC PD Mark). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea1074/