Study for Mercury and Herse by Laurent de La Hyre — Laurent de La Hyre. Study for Mercury and Herse, c. 1649. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

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Study for Mercury and Herse

by Laurent de La Hyre

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Artist: Laurent de La Hyre / French, 1606-1656
Date: c. 1649
Medium: Black chalk, with brush and brown and gray wash, on paper
Dimensions: 27.6 × 23.5 cm (10 7/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: ink or chalk wash
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Accession no.: 1922.246

Provenance

The Art Institute of Chicago’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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