Mercury Bearing Psyche To Mount Olympus - The Phoebus Foundation
Mercury carrying Psyche toward Mount Olympus, mythological scene after Bartholomeus Spranger, cover of the book Mercury Bearing Psyche to Mount Olympus.

Hannibal Books 2025 NL EN XXXVIII

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Phoebus Focus XXXVIII

In this edition of Phoebus Focus, Prof. dr. Larry Silver guides you to the court of Rudolf II. The author expertly demonstrates how art was used politically and conjures up a world in which art was not meant to be beautiful but to intrigue, persuade and challenge. Spranger’s Mercury Bearing Psyche to Mount Olympus is not a painting to be viewed discreetly from a distance. It is art in which you must fully immerse yourself. That’s exactly what this Phoebus Focus does.