Paintings of Greek God Hermes (Mercury)

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Hermes was a young man, wearing traveling clothes, a flat hat known as "petasus" and winged sandals on his feet. Oftentimes he was also considered to have wings attached to his shoulders and hat. Hermes usually held a winged staff with snakes wrapped around it in his hands in order to gain access everywhere.

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Mercury and Aeneas

Mercury (Hermes) appearing to Aeneas, the founder of Lazio/Rome
Painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Landscape with Apollo and Mercury

Detail of the painting with Hermes guiding the herds of Apollo
Painting of 1645 by Claude Lorraine (1600-1682)
Parnassus

Detail of Hermes with Pegasus, his winged horse
Painting of 1497 by Andrea Mantegna (1431�1506)
Mercury (Hermes), wearing a flat hat known as "Petasus" and holding a winged staff with snakes wrapped around it in his hands
Painting by Hendrik Goltzius
Mercury, Venus and Amor

Painting by Correggio
Mercury and Paris

Painting of 1745 by Donato Creti
Mercury and Apollo

Detail of Hermes(Mercury) approaching Apollo
Painting of 1623 by Francesco Albani
Prometheus chained by Vulcan

Detail of Mercury (Hermes) who is watching Vulcan (Hephaestus)
Painting by Dirck van Baburen
Pandora carried off by Mercury

Painting by Jean Alaux
Mercury and Argus

Mercury (Hermes) sitting together with his victim Argus
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens
Mercury and Argus

Painting by Diego Velasquez
The judgement of Paris

Detail of Mercury assisting Paris in his decision
Painting of 1636 by Peter Paul Rubens
Philemon and Baucis giving Hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury

Detail of Mercury (Hermes) and Jupiter (Zeus) sitting at the table
Painting by David Rijckaert
The Judgement of Paris

Detail of Hermes on the left watching Paris offering the golden apple to Aphrodite
Painting of 1550 by Frans, the elder Floris
Mercury (Hermes) takes Bacchus (Dionysus) to be brought up by Nymphs

Painting of 1638 by Laurent de La Hyre
Mercury and Argus

Mercury (Hermes) encountering the all-seeing giant Argus
Painting by Benjamin West
Mercury

Detail of a ceiling painting
Painting by Giovanni Andrea Carlone
Galleria di Palazzo Rosso in Italy