VRIES, Adriaen de
(b. ca. 1556, The Hague, d. 1626, Prague)

Mercury and Psyche

1593
Bronze, height 215 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

This group was executed in Prague for Emperor Rudolph II. It was taken as booty by the Swedish army, then transported to France by Queen Christina of Sweden in 1654 after her abdication.