# Mercury Takes Bacchus to be Brought up by Nymphs [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LA HYRE, Laurent de]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 113 x 135 cm ## Commentary Mercury Takes Bacchus to be Brought up by Nymphs 1638 Oil on canvas, 113 x 135 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg About 1638 La Hyre appears to have come under the influence of Poussin's earlier style, of which he produced a personal variant. The present painting is typical of this phase. The romantic treatment of the ruins is close, for instance, to <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/p/poussin/2/11adorat.html'\)" href="/html/p/poussin/2/11adorat.html">Poussin's Adoration of the Magi</a> in Dresden, but La Hyre adds to the architecture broken fragments of sculptured heads and bas-reliefs, a device which he frequently uses at this time. ## Related artworks - [Abraham Sacrificing Isaac]() - [Allegory of Arithmetic]() - [Allegory of Astronomy]() - [Allegory of Geometry]() - [Allegory of Geometry]() - [Allegory of Grammar]() - [Allegory of Grammar]() - [Allegory of Music]() - [Allegory of the Regency]() - [Angelica and Medoro \(detail\)]() - [Angelica and Medoro]() - [Christ The Judge]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()