ELSHEIMER, Adam
(b. 1578, Frankfurt/Main, d. 1610, Roma)

Il Contento

c. 1607
Oil on copper, 30 x 42 cm
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

The painting depicts Mercury rising up into the air carrying a cloaked female with a golden apple and a bunch of flowers in her hands. The story is based on a Spanish novel translated into Italian in 1606.




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