Sculpture

Mercury and Psyche

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1600
Accession number: 17.28
Maker: school of Adriaen de Vries(Opens in new tab) (Dutch, 1545–1626)
Attributed: attributed to Hubert Gerhard(Opens in new tab) (Dutch, 1540–1550)
Possiblys: circle of Robert Gaerhardt(Opens in new tab); possibly by Caspar Grass(Opens in new tab) (German, 1585–1674); possibly by Carlo Pilago(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 23 3/8 in. (59.4 cm.)
Medium: bronze
Description: This statuette represents the legend of Mercury and Psyche from the Metamorphoses written by Lucius Apuleius. It portrays Mercury, a messenger of the gods, abducting Psyche to reunite her with her lover Cupid.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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