Mercury giving the child Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa

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La Hyre Laurent de - Mercury giving the child Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa
Number:007690
Title:Mercury giving the child Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa
Artist: La Hyre, Laurent, de (1606-1656)
Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Method: Oil on canvas
Created: 1638
School: France
Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature
Trend in art: Baroque
Keywords: Nude, Nudity, Colourfulness, Nude woman, Young Woman, Barock, Ovid, Nymph, Bacchus, Dionysus, God of wine, God of fertility, Bacchantes, Mercurius, God of trade, profit and commerce, Roman Mythologie, Greek Mythologie, Roman Religion, Hermes, Ancient Roman festivals, Bacchae, Akt, Goddess, Greek Goddess, Bacchante, Nereids, Nereid, Mercury, Nymphs, Dionysian Mysteries