Study for Mercury and Herse
A pale chalk and wash study showing a winged youth in flight at upper center, above seated and kneeling figures on a grassy slope. Two women stand at left, a small winged child appears at right, and a classical colonnade recedes behind them.
- Artist
- Laurent de La Hyre
- Date
- c. 1649
- Medium
- Black chalk, with brush and brown and gray wash, on paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2140 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1654).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection