LA HYRE, Laurent de
(b. 1606, Paris, d. 1656, Paris)
LA HYRE, Laurent de (b. 1606, Paris, d. 1656, Paris) |
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Mercury Takes Bacchus to be Brought up by Nymphs1638Oil on canvas, 113 x 135 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg | |
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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 Poussin's Adoration of the Magi 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. | |
